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excitant

[ ik-sahyt-nt, ek-si-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. exciting; excite; stimulating.


noun

  1. Physiology. something that excites; a stimulant.

excitant

/ ˈɛksɪtənt; ɪkˈsaɪtənt /

adjective

  1. able to excite or stimulate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something, such as a drug or other agent, able to excite; stimulant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of excitant1

1600–10; < Latin excitant- (stem of ±ð³æ³¦¾±³ÙÄå²Ô²õ ), present participle of ±ð³æ³¦¾±³ÙÄå°ù±ð. See excite, -ant
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Such action may be inhibitory or excitant, according to the views of the one or the other author, without affecting the main question as above stated.

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The excitant is a dilute solution of sulphuric acid.

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The Ainu are gentle and mild by nature, but, like all ignorant people, they are extremely superstitious, and superstition is a powerful excitant.

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These have in their medicine-chests the most powerful excitants, which might give a shock even to a man half-dead: they can deafen you, intoxicate you, make you shudder, or bring tears to your eyes.

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Some nerve excitants known to you act slowly, others quickly; why not others still instantaneously?

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