verb (-lated; -lating) see: style
Date: 1566
transitive verb to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity ; animate , arouse ,
2. to function as a physiological stimulus to, to arouse or affect by a stimulant (as a drug), intransitive verb to act as a stimulant or stimulus, see: provoke stimulation noun stimulative adjective stimulator noun stimulatory adjective