stimulatorn.
/ˈstɪmjʊleɪtə/ 1. gen. One who or something which stimulates.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates
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will to power1896
a shot in the arm1922
motivator1929
driver1971
co-driver1993
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > stimulation > stimulus
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > that which or one who refreshes or invigorates
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a shot in the arm1922
1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. 208 (margin) See the stimulator.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 694/2 Cantharides are the strongest amongst these stimulaters.
1717 L. Howel Desiderius 55 The Indulgence of the Body being too often the great Stimulater of the Soul to vile Practices.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 131 The appetites are the great stimulators of action.
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 357 This great stimulator of a vegetable soil.
1890 Church Times 3 Jan. 9/1 A practical administrator and stimulator of work in his great diocese.
2. spec. In the psychological laboratory, an instrument for communicating a stimulus.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > measurement of mental states > experimental device > [noun] > for communicating stimulae
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1905 E. B. Titchener Exper. Psychol. II. i. 153 For simple reactions to noise we may use the..Sound stimulator.
1905 E. B. Titchener Exper. Psychol. II. i. 157 Pressure stimulators (areal) for break and make.
1905 E. B. Titchener Exper. Psychol. II. i. 163 Make and break stimulators for taste.
3. U.S. One addicted to the use of stimulants.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict > addicted to stimulants
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1891 Cycl. Temp. & Prohib. 621/1 The stimulator then resorts to his old remedy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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