stimulate

1. is a type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on - have an effect upon
   subtypes:

   • invigorate, quicken - give life or energy to
   • innervate - stimulate to action
   • irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
   same as: excite
2. subtypes:

   • decide - cause to decide
   • persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
   • bring - induce or persuade
   • solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
   • encourage - spur on
   • let - actively cause something to happen
   • lead - cause to undertake a certain action
   • inspire, instigate, prompt - serve as the inciting cause of
   • suborn - induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
   • compel, obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something
   same as: cause, get, have, induce, make
3. is a type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   subtypes:

   • fuel - stimulate
   • arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up - stimulate sexually
   • affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in
   • thrill, tickle, vibrate - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
   • invite, tempt - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
   • elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
   • animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate - heighten or intensify
   • titillate - excite pleasurably or erotically
   same as: excite, shake, shake up, stir
4. is a type of: affect - act physically on; have an effect upon
   subtypes:

   • cathect - inject with libidinal energy
   • animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify - give new life or energy to
   • invigorate, reinvigorate - impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
   • animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up - make lively
   same as: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up
5. is a type of: effect, effectuate, set up - produce
   same as: hasten, induce, rush
6. is a type of: sensitise, sensitize - cause to sense; make sensitive
   subtypes:

   • fuck off, jack off, jerk off, masturbate, she-bop, wank - get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
   • masturbate - stimulate sexually
   • horripilate - cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
   • work - provoke or excite
   • blow, fellate, go down on, suck - provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
   • thrill - cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input
   • quicken, whet - make keen or more acute
   • disgust, gross out, repel, revolt - fill with distaste
   same as: excite, stir
7. is a type of: challenge - issue a challenge to
   subtypes:

   • entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
   • rejuvenate - cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land
   • jog - stimulate to remember
   • incite, instigate, set off, stir up - provoke or stir up
   • agitate, foment, stir up - try to stir up public opinion
   same as: provoke

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