stimulate

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Verb[change]

Plain form
stimulate

Third-person singular
stimulates

Past tense
stimulated

Past participle
stimulated

Present participle
stimulating

  1. (transitive) If you stimulate someone or something, you encourage them into action.
  2. (transitive) If you stimulate someone, you make them excited or interested.
  3. (transitive) If you stimulate someone, or something, you do something to make it react.

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