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counterstimulate

counterstimulate verb: to stimulate in an opposite manner or direction.

Verb

counterstimulate (third-person singular simple present counterstimulates, present participle counterstimulating, simple past and past participle counterstimulated)

  1. (transitive) To stimulate in an opposite manner or direction.

Forms of counterstimulate

third-person singular presentcounterstimulates
present participlecounterstimulating
past participlecounterstimulated
pastcounterstimulated

Origin of counterstimulate

From counter- + stimulate.

Questions about counterstimulate

What does counterstimulate mean?
Counterstimulate means to stimulate in an opposite manner or direction.
What part of speech is counterstimulate?
Counterstimulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of counterstimulate?
The past tense of counterstimulate is counterstimulated.

Words near counterstimulate in the dictionary

  1. counterstereotypes
  2. counterstereotypic
  3. counterstereotypical
  4. counterstereotypically
  5. counterstereotyping
  6. counterstimulate
  7. counterstimulated
  8. counterstimulates
  9. counterstimulating
  10. counterstimulation
  11. counterstimulations

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