excite
要点興奮させる、起こさせる
意味
- 〈人〉を興奮させる
- 〈物事が〉〈ある感情・興味など〉を起こさせる
- 〈体の器官〉を刺激する
例文
Your success excites my envy.
君の成功は全くうらやましい。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō (“to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of excieō (“to call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + cieō (“to call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.