Selin is at first excited by math when she has the idea that it’s a language of pure signs, where there is no space at all between signifier and signified because they’re the same thing.
The true love story in Elif Batuman’s The Idiot is a love affair with language|Constance Grady|September 11, 2020|Vox
Parents want their children to be excited and inspired, not bullied or devalued.
Our Public Schools Have a Customer Service Problem|Thomas Courtney|September 10, 2020|Voice of San Diego
There’s always a chance developers have a bias towards a technology that they’re comfortable with, or excited to be using.
Power SEO Friendly Markup With HTML5, CSS3, And Javascript|Detlef Johnson|August 20, 2020|Search Engine Land
For my own work, I’m excited at the prospect of concentrating more on the artistic vision and execution and less on triangle counts.
Epic Games’ Insane Video Game Graphics Demo Explained in Simple Terms|Aaron Frank|May 24, 2020|Singularity Hub
In such spots, there would be more oxygen for cascading electrons to excite into glowing green.
Newfound ‘dunes’ is among weirdest of northern lights|Maria Temming|March 9, 2020|Science News For Students
They excite people, and primaries tend to be dominated by voters who are the most excited.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Condon is proud to be different, to work on the projects that excite him.
Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway?|Tim Teeman|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The innovation Ohanian sees in new entrepreneurs seems to excite him most.
The 'Mayor of the Internet' Fights the Good Fight|Gideon Resnick|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“You have to have some issue to excite the voters,” he says.
How Republican Candidates Have Made Life Easier for Democratic Senators|Eleanor Clift|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He called Obama "Kommandant" and a "socialistic dictator" to excite those on the right.
How Michael Grimm's Threat Ruined Randy Weber's Troll|Ben Jacobs|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Henri accompanied me thither, and that, while they remained there, nothing happened to excite any alarm.
The Mysteries of Udolpho|Ann Radcliffe
She feared lest the sight of his gaolers might excite Jamie.
In the Roar of the Sea|Sabine Baring-Gould
I did not suffer their entrance nor their exit to excite me.
Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2|Various
They were too insignificant to attract much attention from the government, or excite the jealousy of a great corporation.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon|John Lord, A.M.
Promoting self under the guise of promoting Christ is currently so common as to excite little notice.
The Pursuit of God|A. W. Tozer
British Dictionary definitions for excite
excite
/ (ɪkˈsaɪt) /
verb(tr)
to arouse (a person) to strong feeling, esp to pleasurable anticipation or nervous agitation
to arouse or elicit (an emotion, response, etc); evokeher answers excited curiosity
to cause or bring about; stir upto excite a rebellion
to arouse sexually
physiolto cause a response in or increase the activity of (an organ, tissue, or part); stimulate
to raise (an atom, molecule, electron, nucleus, etc) from the ground state to a higher energy level
to supply electricity to (the coils of a generator or motor) in order to create a magnetic field
to supply a signal to a stage of an active electronic circuit
Word Origin for excite
C14: from Latin excitāre, from exciēre to stimulate, from ciēre to set in motion, rouse