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simulate (SIM yuh layt") (verb)
To copy or to imitate, often in such a manner as to be deceptive: "The students practiced flying a machine that was designed to simulate the actual flight of a jet."
"The jeweler agreed to simulate the antique necklace so the original could be kept in safe storage."
stimulate (STIM yuh layt") (verb)
To arouse, to excite, or to provoke. "The professor was exceptional and could stimulate her students to an active discussion of the issues."
"A salary raise for employees could very well stimulate more production for the company."
It might stimulate more learning if someone could design a game to simulate the peaceful uses of space ships.
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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."
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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."
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(Latin: talk, speak, say; to put into quick motion, to excite, to provoke, to call urgently; to summon, to summon forth, to arouse, to stimulate; used in the sense of "stimulating")
(Latin: to anger; to excite, to stimulate, to stir up, to provoke)
(striving to entertain, to inform, and to stimulate thinking)
(a style of writing that can't be translated into the poetry of another language)
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“stimulate”
Quotes: Poetry to Stimulate Thinking
Stimulating thinking: poetry quotes.
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