Stimulate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Stimulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stimulating

1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory.

   To excite and stimulate us thereunto.

2. To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. (Physiol.)