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Grammar : Verb

Spell : stim-yuh-leyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt

Definition of stimulate

Origin : 1610s, from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.

verb excite, provoke

Example sentences :

May the bright example of Lydia stimulate us to a similar conduct!
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

The sense of proportion within a design is employed to stimulate and delight the eye.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Nothing is too filthy to be used to stimulate the base sensuality of the public.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

And now that it came it did not come to stimulate, but to palsy.
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

Every people have sought some article with which to stimulate the human system.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

Her depravity did but stimulate her woman's shrewdness and tact.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

A kettle of this was brewed, and it served to stimulate and warm them.
Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace

This was the second attempt he made to stimulate my curiosity.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

A wearisome beaten path, with nothing to interest, nothing to stimulate me.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

I have no occasion to stimulate your kindness and affection.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey

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