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from The Century Dictionary.

noun The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated; urging; encouragement; incitement; increased or quickened action or activity.
noun In medicine, the act or method of stimulating; the condition of being stimulated; the effect of the use of stimulants.
noun Synonyms See stimulate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
noun (Physiol.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.

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noun A pushing or goading toward action.
noun An activity causing excitement or pleasure.
noun biology Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.

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noun any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
noun the act of arousing an organism to action
noun mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
noun (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

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From Latin stimulātiō.

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The danger in stimulation is a return of inflation.

Between FriendsMaintaining Confidence Canada/U.S.A. Style 1976
I'm ashamed to admit that my hunger to raise wonderful children has dwindled as well--all I am left with is a compulsion to satiate myself with material goods, comfort food, and short-term stimulation.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
I'm ashamed to admit that my hunger to raise wonderful children has dwindled as well--all I am left with is a compulsion to satiate myself with material goods, comfort food, and short-term stimulation.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
I'm ashamed to admit that my hunger to raise wonderful children has dwindled as well--all I am left with is a compulsion to satiate myself with material goods, comfort food, and short-term stimulation.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
I'm ashamed to admit that my hunger to raise wonderful children has dwindled as well--all I am left with is a compulsion to satiate myself with material goods, comfort food, and short-term stimulation.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
I'm ashamed to admit that my hunger to raise wonderful children has dwindled as well--all I am left with is a compulsion to satiate myself with material goods, comfort food, and short-term stimulation.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
These findings have led some practitioners to recommend a procedure called ear stapling, in which staples are surgically placed in the ears to provide long-term stimulation of acupressure points.

The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
I'm ashamed to admit that my hunger to raise wonderful children has dwindled as well--all I am left with is a compulsion to satiate myself with material goods, comfort food, and short-term stimulation.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
These findings have led some practitioners to recommend a procedure called ear stapling, in which staples are surgically placed in the ears to provide long-term stimulation of acupressure points.

The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
I'm ashamed to admit that my hunger to raise wonderful children has dwindled as well--all I am left with is a compulsion to satiate myself with material goods, comfort food, and short-term stimulation.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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