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stimulate (verb), stimulates; stimulated; stimulating
1. To excite in a manner that, if of sufficient magnitude, can elicit certain kinds of activity: The discussion Mike and his fellow students are having about future vocations stimulates him to want to prepare more for his future employment as a salesman.
2. To encourage or to arouse interest or enthusiasm in something: Tim's school offered courses that stimulated a passion for learning.
3. To cause something to happen or to develop: A raise in worker wages by a business is one way to stimulate greater production.
4. Etymology: from Latin stimulare, "to goad, to urge."
To rouse or to spur someone to do something.
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