Excite Meaning
/ɪkˈsaɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
verbTo arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
Sentence Examples
Excite the mind: words.
A book can excite.
Money doesn't excite me. It calms me.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The colorful parade will ____ the children with its music and floats.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The news of the upcoming concert is sure to ____ the band's many dedicated fans.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō (“to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of excieō (“to call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + cieō (“to call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[S]eint Poul seith and to the Romayns he hath writen that bi heeringe of swich ringinge men haven the feith perfytliche so that he putte not the ringinge in the scrippe but it exiteth the memorie in what manere men shulden bileeue"
— [c. 1430, Guillaume de Deguileville, chapter LXXXXIX, in [anonymous], transl., edited by William Aldis Wright, The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode. From the French (Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.1.7) (in Middle English), London: Printed for the Roxburghe Club; J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols and Sons, […], published 1869, →OCLC, 1st part, folio 39, page 54:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The colorful parade will ____ the children with its music and floats.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The news of the upcoming concert is sure to ____ the band's many dedicated fans.