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instimulate

instimulate verb: to stimulate; to excite.

Verb

instimulate (third-person singular simple present instimulates, present participle instimulating, simple past and past participle instimulated)

  1. (obsolete) To stimulate; to excite.
    • I remained extreamly offended with the King, it did the more instimulate and torment her1659, Robert Codrington, The Grand Cabinet-counsels Unlocked

Forms of instimulate

third-person singular presentinstimulates
present participleinstimulating
past participleinstimulated
pastinstimulated

Origin of instimulate

From Latin instimulatus, past participle instimulare (“to stimulate”). See in- and stimulate.

Questions about instimulate

What does instimulate mean?
Instimulate means to stimulate; to excite.
What part of speech is instimulate?
Instimulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of instimulate?
The past tense of instimulate is instimulated.

Words near instimulate in the dictionary

  1. instillments
  2. instills
  3. instilment
  4. instilments
  5. instils
  6. instimulate
  7. instimulated
  8. instimulates
  9. instimulating
  10. instimulation
  11. instimulations

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