Stimulate

stim'u-lat, v. To excite, rouse, or ani- mate to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive, or by persuasion; to ineite,"impel, urge, instigate, irritate, exasperate, incense. (Med.) To produce a transient increase of vital activity in. [L. stimulare, -latum, to prick or