Verb

(excit)

To stir the emotions of.

The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.

Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.

The political reforms excited unrest among to population.

There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.

(physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited , then emit a photon when returning to normal.

Verb

(en verb)

To pull toward without touching.

* Derham

All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.

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To arouse interest.

To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

* (John Milton)

Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.