What is to excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity called?
stimulate — (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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