Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stimulate
Participle: stimulated
Gerund: stimulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stimulate |
| you | stimulate |
| he;she;it | stimulates |
| we | stimulate |
| you | stimulate |
| they | stimulate |
Perfect
| I | have stimulated |
| you | have stimulated |
| he;she;it | has stimulated |
| we | have stimulated |
| you | have stimulated |
| they | have stimulated |
Past
| I | stimulated |
| you | stimulated |
| he;she;it | stimulated |
| we | stimulated |
| you | stimulated |
| they | stimulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had stimulated |
| you | had stimulated |
| he;she;it | had stimulated |
| we | had stimulated |
| you | had stimulated |
| they | had stimulated |
Future
| I | will stimulate |
| you | will stimulate |
| he;she;it | will stimulate |
| we | will stimulate |
| you | will stimulate |
| they | will stimulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stimulated |
| you | will have stimulated |
| he;she;it | will have stimulated |
| we | will have stimulated |
| you | will have stimulated |
| they | will have stimulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stimulate |
| you | stimulate |
| he;she;it | stimulate |
| we | stimulate |
| you | stimulate |
| they | stimulate |
Perfect
| I | have stimulated |
| you | have stimulated |
| he;she;it | have stimulated |
| we | have stimulated |
| you | have stimulated |
| they | have stimulated |
Imperfect
| I | stimulated |
| you | stimulated |
| he;she;it | stimulated |
| we | stimulated |
| you | stimulated |
| they | stimulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had stimulated |
| you | had stimulated |
| he;she;it | had stimulated |
| we | had stimulated |
| you | had stimulated |
| they | had stimulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stimulate |
| you | would stimulate |
| he;she;it | would stimulate |
| we | would stimulate |
| you | would stimulate |
| they | would stimulate |
Perfect
| I | would have stimulated |
| you | would have stimulated |
| he;she;it | would have stimulated |
| we | would have stimulated |
| you | would have stimulated |
| they | would have stimulated |
Imperative
| you | stimulate |
| we | Let's stimulate |
| you | stimulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'stimulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stimulate'
simulate,
stipulate,
assimulate,
astipulate,
costimulate,
destimulate,
extimulate,
instimulate,
restimulate,
spiculate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- encourage
- incite
- arouse
- enliven
- to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
- animate, awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven, liven up, pique, provoke, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
- To arouse an organism to functional activity.
- enliven
- To encourage into action.
- incite
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-?
3. Latin stimulus
4. Latin stimulo
5. Latin stimulatusbor.
6. English stimulate
7. Borrowed from Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“to urge, goad on”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin stimulus (“a sting or prick; a stimulus, goad”).
Verbs referencing "stimulate"
Finnish with old forms
stimuloida, Ido stimular, Polish
stymulować.
Sample Sentences
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[...] in every mouth, everywhere; and nothing was done in the house or in the field, but to discuss its probable results. Eliza's flight—an unprecedented event on the place—was also a great accessory in stimulating the general excitement.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Behold, then, the candles lighted, the fire stimulated to the burning point in the grate, and our three worthies seated round a table, well spread with all the accessories to good fellowship enumerated before.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] two left legs, two right legs, two wooden legs, two wire legs, two spring legs—all sorts of legs and no legs—what is this to him ? And in what walk of life, or dance of life, does man ever get such stimulating applause as thunders about him, when, having danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finishes by leaping gloriously on the bar-counter, and calling for something to drink, with the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and loathsome; therefore, he would not heal him _afar off ! _ He called him to him, and put _his hands on him ! _ Remember this, my boy. ’ If I had lived to grow up under her care, she might have stimulated me to I know not what of enthusiasm. I might have been a saint, reformer, martyr,—but, alas ! alas ! I went from her when I was only thirteen, and I never saw her again ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The dinner-bell put an end to the interview. CHAPTER XXIV Foreshadowings Two days after this, Alfred St. Clare and Augustine parted; and Eva, who had been stimulated, by the society of her young cousin, to exertions beyond her strength, began to fail rapidly. St. Clare was at last willing to call in medical advice,—a thing from which he had always shrunk, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The woman seemed stimulated, for a few moments, to an unnatural strength, and worked with desperate eagerness.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)