Stimulate
21stimulate — verb we re looking for ways to stimulate tourism Syn: encourage, act as a stimulus/incentive/impetus/spur to, prompt, prod, move, motivate, trigger, spark, spur on, galvanize, activate, kindle, fire, fire with enthusiasm, fuel, whet, nourish;… …
22stimulate — [ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt] verb [T] 1) to encourage something to happen, develop, or improve The government should do more to stimulate investment in the north.[/ex] 2) to make someone feel interested in learning new things Such questions provide a useful… …
23stimulate — [c]/ˈstɪmjəleɪt / (say stimyuhlayt) verb (stimulated, stimulating) –verb (t) 1. to rouse to action or effort, as by pricking or goading; spur on; incite: to stimulate production. 2. Physiology, Medicine, etc. to excite (an organ, etc.) to its… …
24stimulate — [16] Latin stimulus denoted a ‘pointed stick for goading animals on’ (it probably came ultimately from an Indo European base *sti ‘point, prick, pierce’, extensions of which lie behind English stick, stitch, style, etc). It was used… …
25stimulate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare, from stimulus goad; perhaps akin to Latin stilus stem, stylus more at style Date: 1566 transitive verb 1. to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity ;… …
26stimulate — verb a) To encourage into action. b) To arouse an organism to functional activity. Syn: encourage, induce, provoke, animate, arouse, energize …
27STIMULATE — Speech, Text, Image, and Multimedia Advanced Technology Effort * * * stim·u·late .lāt vt, lat·ed; lat·ing 1) to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity 2 a) to function as a physiological stimulus to (as a nerve or muscle) b) to… …
28stimulate — Synonyms and related words: activate, actuate, affect the interest, animate, animating, arouse, attract, awaken, brace, brace up, bracing, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, brisk, brisken, buck up, call forth, call out, call up, cheer,… …
29stimulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. excite, rouse, animate, stir, spur, invigorate, exhilarate. See excitement, cause, refreshment, strength. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. arouse, excite, spur, incite; see animate 1 , excite 1 , incite .… …
30stimulate — stim·u·late || stɪmjÉ™leɪt / jÊŠl v. arouse, invigorate; spur, goad, motivate …
