stimulate
IPA: stˈɪmjʌɫeɪt
verb
- To encourage into action.
- To arouse an organism to functional activity.
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Examples of "stimulate" in Sentences
- The 1.2 trillion ‘stimulus’ that didn’t stimulate is a prime example.
- But the reality is, isn't it intended to kind of stimulate interest in the elections?
- It stands to reason; if tax cuts fail to "stimulate" the economy, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT!
- But all this print-money scheme will ever stimulate is inflation … in the months leading right-up to midterms.
- President Obama is having to spend to get this ecomony going again, to create jobs, aka stimulate the economy.
- "The government, no matter how much they try to stimulate, that is not going to correct the underlying problem."
- What mothers should know about the patent medicine evil -- Tonics -- Used by temperance people because it could "stimulate" -- Stomach Bitters -- Blood
- While our methods of treating acute diseases have a sedative effect, our treatment of chronic diseases is calculated to stimulate, that is, to arouse the sluggish organism to greater activity in order to produce the acute inflammatory reactions or healing crises.
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