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third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated
To encourage into action. quotations examples
To most others Lord Allerton's obvious preference for Mary would have been an insuperable obstacle; it only served to stimulate her ladyship.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, page 18
To arouse an organism to functional activity. examples