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Webster 1913 Edition


Excitement

Ex-cite′ment

Noun.
[Cf. OF.
excitement
,
escitement
.]
1.
The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation;
as, an
excitement
of the people
.
2.
That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.
The cares and
excitements
of a season of transition and struggle.
Talfowrd.
3.
(Physiol.)
A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.

Webster 1828 Edition


Excitement

EXCI'TEMENT

,
Noun.
The act of exciting; stimulation.
1.
The state of being roused into action, or of having increased action. Stimulants are intended to produce excitement in the animal system.
2.
Agitation; a state of being roused into action; as an excitement of the people.
3.
That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.

Definition 2024


excitement

excitement

English

Noun

excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)

  1. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
    • E.A. Poe, The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':
      By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.
  2. (countable) something that excites.

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