Verbs

(v)excitearouse or elicit a feeling
(v)stimulate, exciteact as a stimulant“The book stimulated her imagination”, “This play stimulates”
(v)stimulate, excite, stirstir feelings in“stimulate my appetite”, “excite the audience”, “stir emotions”
(v)agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge upcause to be agitated, excited, or roused“The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks”
(v)arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind upto evoke sexual feelings“This movie usually arouses the male audience”
(v)stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stirstir the feelings, emotions, or peace of“These stories shook the community”, “the civil war shook the country”
(v)excite, energize, energiseraise to a higher energy level“excite the atoms”
(v)exciteproduce a magnetic field in“excite the neurons”