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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXCI'TING, ppr. Calling or rousing into action; stimulating.
Exciting causes, in medicine, are those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisponent causes.
EXCI'TING, n. Excitation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip" [ant: unexciting]
2: stimulating interest and discussion; "an exciting novel"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1647 producing excitement • excitingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. arousing great interest or enthusiasm. Derivatives: excitingly adv. excitingness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Excite Ex*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excited; p. pr. & vb. n. exciting.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See Cite.] 1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction. 2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts. Syn: To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke. Usage: To Excite, Incite. When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of C[ae]sar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exciting Ex*cit"ing, a. Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. -- Ex*cit"ing*ly, adv. Exciting causes (Med.), those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If something is exciting, it makes you feel very happy or enthusiastic. The race itself is very exciting... = thrilling ADJ

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