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excite
mid-14c., "to move, instigate," from L.
excitare
"rouse, produce," freq. of
exciere
"call forth, instigate," from
ex-
"out" +
ciere
"set in motion, call" (see
cite
). Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.
