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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : stim-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt |
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Définition of stimulating
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.
- adj exciting
- The agricultural shows have much effect in stimulating progress.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- It is necessary for other factors to act in stimulating human work.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Their popular use is entirely due to their stimulating properties.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- Frequent bathing the feet in warm water, a stimulating plaster applied to the left side, and gentle exercise, are the most proper.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- Now the stimulating class are the things which suggest contrast and relation.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- The humiliation, the failure, the loss––were good to have; stimulating.
- Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
- This is not the only way of stimulating the organism, but it seems the most powerful.
- Extract from : « The Goat-gland Transplantation » by Sydney B. Flower
- And then stimulating himself, he would become furious with rage.
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- These stimulating stories are among the best of their class that have ever been written.
- Extract from : « The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln » by Wayne Whipple
- Mrs. Donovan's confidence was both flattering and stimulating.
- Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett
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