excite in WordNet English dictionary

1. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
   agitate  rouse  turn on  charge  commove  excite  charge up 
   
2. stimulate sexually
   "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
   arouse  sex  excite  turn on  wind up 
   
3. raise to a higher energy level
   "excite the atoms"
   excite  energize  energise 
   
4. act as a stimulant
   "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
   stimulate  excite 
   
5. produce a magnetic field in
   "excite the neurons"
   excite 
   
6. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
   stimulate  shake  shake up  excite  stir 
   
7. arouse or elicit a feeling
   excite 
   
8. stir feelings in
   "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
   stimulate  excite  stir