Definition of "excite"

excite

/ɪkˈsaɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present excites, present participle exciting, simple past and past participle excited
1. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
2. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
  Quotations
  [S]eint Poul seith and to the Romayns he hath writen that bi heeringe of swich ringinge men haven the feith perfytliche so that he putte not the ringinge in the scrippe but it exiteth the memorie in what manere men shulden bileeue[S]aint Paul says and to the Romans he has written that by hearing of such ringing men have the faith perfectly so that he did not put the ringing in the script but it exciteth the memory in what manner men should believe]
  , transl., edited by William Aldis Wright, The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode. From the French (Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.1.7) (in Middle English), London: Printed for the Roxburghe Club; J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols and Sons, […], published 1869, 1st part, folio 39, page 54
3. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
4. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.