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US
/ˈstɪmjəˌɫeɪt/
]
[ UK /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
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cause to occur rapidly
the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions -
act as a stimulant
The book stimulated her imagination
This play stimulates -
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
the civil war shook the country
These stories shook the community -
stir feelings in
excite the audience
stimulate my appetite
stir emotions -
cause to be alert and energetic
Coffee and tea stimulate me
This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate - provide the needed stimulus for
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cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
My children finally got me to buy a computer
My wife made me buy a new sofa
How To Use stimulate In A Sentence
- At the extent of about 1/3 of the center of emission rim, the stimulated field density varies a little, can be basically considered as uniform field.
- For a time, the revolt chilled the atmosphere in which they had to operate and stimulated a vigorous debate within their fracturing movement about the appropriate means to effect the desired end of emancipation.
- Slide 52: Arginine vasopressin (hypothalamus) - formerly known as antidiuretic hormone, stimulated by changes in effective circulating volume. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- And the intention of the work is purely propagandistic - it is not to stimulate thought, but to close it down. Times, Sunday Times
- Anticholinesterase drugs stimulate nerve-impulse transmission, and corticosteroids may help.
- Regardless of whether those pessimistic readings of the debate are correct, and of whether the zombie idea itself is sound or incoherent, it continues to stimulate fruitful work on consciousness, physicalism, phenomenal concepts, and the relations between imaginability, conceivability, and possibility. Zombies
- Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.
- A continuing supply of freshwater from streams entering the lake would have stimulated the growth of algae and other freshwater organisms, resulting in a mix of brackish and freshwater species.
- Frenetic attempts to distract and comfort him may actually overstimulate him and increase his levels of arousal. Times, Sunday Times
- The family is shaping excellent personality life textbook, is to stimulate the spirit of power source, is the emotional rain nourishes the soul.