cit-, citat- +

To cite; to summon.

1. That which can be called upon officially or authoritatively to appear; such as, before a court.
2. The ability to quote by way of example, authority, or proof: "She was citable by several noteworthy writers."
3. Capable of bringing forward or calling to another's attention especially as an example, proof, or precedent: "The reporter found the weather to be a citable reason for canceling the baseball game."

1. A citation; a quotation.
2. A summons to appear; such as, before a judge.

1. An official document, or speech, that praises someone's actions, accomplishments, or character; such as, someone in the armed forces who is publicly praised because of his or her bravery.
2. A quotation from an authoritative source that is used to support an idea or an argument or something mentioned as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened, or to speak or write words taken from a particular writer or written work.
3. A writ for someone to appear in a court of law.
4. A reference to a previous decision by a court or legal authority, specifying precisely where it is documented; as well as, someone or something officially named or mentioned in a court of law, or someone officially requested to appear in a court of law.

1. Having the power or form of a citation; such as, "letters citatory".
2. A citing; a calling.

1. To quote as an authority or an example or repeating; such as, a passage from a book, or the words of another person, or people.
2. To mention or to bring forward as a support, an illustration, or a proof; that is, listing the source, or sources, from which someone uses information, words, literary, or verbal context: "He cited several instances of illegal behavior."
3. To commend officially for meritorious action in military service; to honor formally.
4. To summon before a court of law.
5. Etymology: from Old French citer, "to summon"; from Latin citare, "to cause to move, to arouse, to summon, tp urge, tp call"; from ciere, "to move, to set in motion, to stir, to rouse, to call, to invite".

1. Genetic elements important in the function of a specific promoter.
2. A term referring to any of the popular special-effect signal processing products used primarily in the recording and performing areas.

All enhancers, or exciters, work by adding harmonic distortion of some sort; but harmonic distortion which is found pleasing by most listeners.

1. The quality of being readily excited or a proneness to be affected by exciting causes.
2. The reactions manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, by responding to the actions of stimulants.

An irritability; such as, a nervous excitability.

1. Capable of responding to stimuli; such as, a nerve or tissue that is able to respond to a stimus. 2. Easily excited; having the potential for emotional arousal.

Being easily excited or capable of being readily roused into action or a state of excitement or irritability.

1. The act or process of being excited or of exciting something.
2. The activity or altered condition produced in a cell, tissue, or organ as a result of stimulation.
3. The production of a magnetic field in a generator or motor by passing electricity through a coil.
4. The addition of sufficient energy to an electron, atom, atomic nucleus, or molecule to raise it from its lowest energy level ground state to a higher energy level.

In physics, the process of changing the state of a system from its ground state to a given excited state; especially, a process by which the energy state of an atom or molecule is increased above the ground state by radiation or collision.

5. The application of an electrical signal to a device such as a transistor, causing it to operate.

1. To cause someone to feel enjoyment or pleasurable anticipation.
2. To make a person or animal feel nervous apprehension or an unpleasant state of heightened emotion: "If you excite the dog or he might bite."
3. To cause someone to feel a physical desire.
4. To cause someone to feel a particular emotion or reaction; such as, to excite suspicion.
5. To cause a memory, thought, or other response to form in the mind.
6. To raise an electron, atom, atomic nucleus, or molecule above its lowest energy level ground state to a higher energy level.
7. To stimulate or to increase the rate of activity of an organ, tissue, or other body part.
8. To produce a magnetic field in a generator or motor by supplying electricity to the coil.
9. Etymology: "to move, to instigate" from Latin excitare, "to rouse, to produce"; from exciere, "to call forth, to instigate"; from ex-, "out" + ciere "to set in motion, to call".

1. Aroused to a condition of excitement; agitated.
2. Being in a state of excitement; emotionally aroused; stirred.
3. In physics, being at an energy level higher than the ground state.

1. The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up.
2. The feeling or condition of lively enjoyment or pleasant anticipation: "She was finding it difficult to control her excitement about the trip."
3. The act or process of stimulating something.
4. Something that engages people's attention or emotions in a lively and compelling way.

1. A small auxiliary generator that provides current for the field structure of a larger generator.
2. Anything that brings a system to an excited state.