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excite
English
Etymology
From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitare (“call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of exciere (“call out, arouse excite”), from ex (“out”) + ciere (“call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?sa?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Hyphenation: ex?cite
Verb
excite (third-person singular simple present excites, present participle exciting, simple past and past participle excited)
- (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
- (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
- (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
- To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
Antonyms
- relax, calm
Related terms
- excitement
- excitation
Translations
Further reading
- excite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- excite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Verb
excite
- first-person singular present indicative of exciter
- third-person singular present indicative of exciter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exciter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of exciter
- second-person singular imperative of exciter
Latin
Verb
exc?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of exci?
Portuguese
Verb
excite
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of excitar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of excitar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of excitar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of excitar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eks?t??ite]
Verb
excite
- third-person singular present subjunctive of excita
- third-person plural present subjunctive of excita
Spanish
Verb
excite
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of excitar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of excitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of excitar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of excitar.
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encourage
English
Alternative forms
- incourage (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier from en- +? corage "courage". Displaced native Middle English belden, bielden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bieldan (“to encourage”)), Middle English bealden, balden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bealdian (“to encourage, make bold”)), Middle English herten (“to encourage, enhearten”) (from Old English hiertan, hyrtan (“to enhearten”)), Old English elnian (“to encourage, strengthen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- Hyphenation: en?cour?age
Verb
encourage (third-person singular simple present encourages, present participle encouraging, simple past and past participle encouraged) (transitive)
- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- I encouraged him during his race.
- To spur on, strongly recommend.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- To foster, give help or patronage
- The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed
Synonyms
- bield
- embolden
Antonyms
- becourage
- discourage
Derived terms
- encouragement
- encouraging
- encouragingly
Related terms
- courage
Translations
French
Verb
encourage
- inflection of encourager:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- singular imperative
encourage From the web:
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- what encouraged migration to the west
- what encourages hair growth
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- what encouraged the boston massacre
- what encouraged westward expansion
- what encourages lifelong learning behavior
- what encouraged immigrants to come to america
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