stimulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“goad on”), from Latin stimulus (“goad”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɪmjʊleɪt/
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Verb

stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)

To encourage into action.
To arouse an organism to functional activity.

Synonyms

(encourage): encourage, induce, incite, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite
(arouse): animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up; see also Thesaurus:enliven

Antonyms

(arouse): de-energize, sedate, stifle

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

to encourage into action

Armenian: գրգռել (hy) (grgṙel)
Catalan: estimular (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺激 (zh) (cìjī)
Czech: podnítit
Dutch: stimuleren (nl), aansporen (nl), prikkelen (nl)
Esperanto: stimuli
Finnish: stimuloida (fi), yllyttää (fi), ärsyttää (fi)
French: stimuler (fr)
German: stimulieren (de)
Greek: παρακινώ (el) (parakinó), παροτρύνω (el) (parotrýno)
Ancient: ἐρεθίζω (erethízō)

Hungarian: elősegít (hu)
Italian: stimolare (it)
Japanese: 刺激する (ja) (しげきする, shigeki suru)
Kurdish: hander kirin f
Latin: commoveō (la)
Maltese: ħeġġeġ
Maori: whakahohe, whakaihiihi, whakahihiko, whakamanawa
Norman: stînmuler
Portuguese: estimular (pt), incentivar (pt)
Romanian: a stimula (ro)
Russian: стимули́ровать (ru) (stimulírovatʹ)
Spanish: estimular (es)
Swedish: egga (sv), reta (sv), sporra (sv)

to arouse an organism to functional activity

Albanian: stimuloj (sq)
Armenian: գրգռել (hy) (grgṙel)
Catalan: estimular (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺激 (zh) (cìjī)
Dutch: stimuleren (nl), prikkelen (nl)
Esperanto: stimuli
Finnish: stimuloida (fi), kiihottaa (fi)
French: stimuler (fr)
German: stimulieren (de)

Greek: διεγείρω (el) (diegeíro)
Italian: stimulare
Japanese: 刺激する (ja) (しげきする, shigeki suru)
Norman: stînmuler
Portuguese: estimular (pt)
Romanian: a stimula (ro)
Russian: стимули́ровать (ru) (stimulírovatʹ)
Spanish: estimular (es)
Swedish: ge näring åt, pigga upp (sv), stimulera (sv), väcka (sv)

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} merangsang (id)

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} stimular

Anagrams

multiseat, mutilates, ultimates

Esperanto

Adverb

stimulate

present adverbial passive participle of stimuli

Latin

Verb

stimulāte

second-person plural present active imperative of stimulō

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