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excitative, a.|ɛkˈsaɪtətɪv|
[a. F. excitatif, -ive, as if ad. L. *excitātīv-us, f. excitāre: see excite v.]
Able or tending to excite: in senses of the verb. Const. of.
1490Caxton Eneydos xxii. (1890) 78 Exhortacions & pyetous remonstrances excytatiue of all well wyllyng. a1677Barrow Exp. Creed (T.) Admonitory of duty and excitative of devotion. 1704Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 408 The Pythagoreans..said that Fire is the..Excitative Power. 1847R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath iv. (1848) 135 Who can say what shall be the growth of holiness..where all is auspicious and excitative? 1881Nature XXIV. 208 [Paper read] on the thermal laws of the excitative spark of condensers. |