Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Excitation to an extreme degree; overexcitation.

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Examples

  • The first movement or emotion of irascibility is usually exempt of all fault; by this is meant the play of the passion on the sensitive part of our nature, the sharp, sudden fit that is not foreseen and is not within our control, the first effects of the rising wrath, such as the rush of blood, the trouble and disorder of the affections, surexcitation and solicitation to revenge.

    Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals

  • Je n'ai point de surexcitation cerebrale; je dors bien et je me repose pleinement, ce qui ne doit pas tarder a retablir mes forces.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

  • Je suis toujours tres faible, mais le cerveau va mieux, je n'ai point de surexcitation cerebrale.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

  • Il a ses periodes de fievre ou d'atonie, de surexcitation ou de lethargie; il a ses soubresauts et ses haltes, mais il avance toujours.

    Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

  • Il a ses périodes de fièvre ou d'atonie, de surexcitation ou de léthargie; il a ses soubresauts et ses haltes, mais il avance toujours. —

    A Lecture on the Study of History John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

  • Nevertheless, his constant reading of fairy tales, with incessant play on the imagination and surexcitation of the mind, was not without leaving its ill effect upon the bodily frame.

    The Life of John Clare Martin, Frederick, 1830-1883 1865

  • Je suis toujours très faible, mais le cerveau va mieux, je n'ai point de surexcitation cérébrale.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864

  • _Je n'ai point de surexcitation cérébrale_; je dors bien et je me repose pleinement, ce qui ne doit pas tarder à rétablir mes forces.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864

  • Nevertheless, his constant reading of fairy tales, with incessant play on the imagination and surexcitation of the mind, was not without leaving its ill effect upon the bodily frame.

    The Life of John Clare Frederick Martin 1856

  • La surexcitation cerebrale est completement passee, mais je n'espere pas etre remis avant un mois.”

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

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