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excitative

excitative adjective: that causes excitation.

Adjective

excitative (comparative more excitative, superlative most excitative)

  1. That causes excitation

Forms of excitative

comparativemore excitative
superlativemost excitative

Origin of excitative

From Middle English excytative, from Middle French excitatif. By surface analysis, excite + -ative.

Questions about excitative

What does excitative mean?
Excitative means that causes excitation.
What part of speech is excitative?
Excitative is an adjective.

Words near excitative in the dictionary

  1. excitation energy
  2. excitation function
  3. excitation functions
  4. excitational
  5. excitations
  6. excitative
  7. excitatorily
  8. excitatory
  9. excite
  10. exciteable
  11. exciteableness

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