to rouse (somebody) to strong, esp pleasurable, feeling
to arouse (an emotional response)
Her late arrival excited much curiosity
to provoke or stir up (action, e.g. a rebellion)
to increase the activity of or produce a response in (an organ, tissue, etc); to stimulate
to induce a magnetic field or electric current in (something)
to induce (a magnetic field or an electric current)
to raise (an atom or a molecule) to a higher energy level
excitant noun and adj
excitation /eksiʹtaysh(ə)n/ noun
excitative /-tətiv/ adj
excitatory /-tət(ə)ri/ adj
excitement noun
exciter noun
exciting adj
excitingly adv
[Middle English exciten via Old Frenchfrom Latin excitare, from ex-1 + citare to rouse]