stimulate

/sˈtɪmjəˌleɪt/STIH-myuh-layt
/sˈtɪmjəˌleɪt/STIH-myuh-layt

Meaningto goad

Common meaning: to spur into activity

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STIG‘stick or pierce, to sting, prick’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 428, p. 745 · scan
  2. Latinstimulus, -ī‘a goad’
  3. Englishstimulate‘to spur into activity’ · today

stimul also in: stimulus

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin stimulus ‘a goad’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry stimulus, p. 1759 · dictionary scan

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