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excitating

excitating is the present participle and gerund of excitate.

Meaning of excitate

Verb

excitate (third-person singular simple present excitates, present participle excitating, simple past and past participle excitated)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) To excite.
    • the Earth being excitated to wrath1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')

Questions about excitating

What is excitating the present participle and gerund of?
Excitating is the present participle and gerund of excitate.

Words near excitating in the dictionary

  1. excitant
  2. excitants
  3. excitate
  4. excitated
  5. excitates
  6. excitating
  7. excitation
  8. excitation energies
  9. excitation energy
  10. excitation function
  11. excitation functions

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