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extimulate

extimulate verb: to stimulate.

Verb

extimulate (third-person singular simple present extimulates, present participle extimulating, simple past and past participle extimulated)

  1. (obsolete) To stimulate.
    • Opium itſelf is conceived to extimulate unto venery, and for that intent is ſometimes uſed by Turks, Perſians, and most oriental Nations1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of extimulate

third-person singular presentextimulates
present participleextimulating
past participleextimulated
pastextimulated

Origin of extimulate

From Latin extimulatus, exstimulatus, past participle of extimulare, exstimulare (“to goad”). See stimulate.

Questions about extimulate

What does extimulate mean?
Extimulate means to stimulate.
What part of speech is extimulate?
Extimulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of extimulate?
The past tense of extimulate is extimulated.

Words near extimulate in the dictionary

  1. extills
  2. extimacies
  3. extimacy
  4. extimate
  5. extimous
  6. extimulate
  7. extimulated
  8. extimulates
  9. extimulating
  10. extimulation
  11. extinct

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