To call into movement or active existence by some stimulating influence; quicken into manifestation; stir or start up; set in motion or operation: as, to excite a mutiny; to excite hope or animosity.To induce action or activity in; stimulate; animate; arouse.To impel by incentives or motives; instigate; incite: as, to excite the people to revolt.To arouse the emotions of; agitate or perturb mentally; move: as, he was greatly excited by the news.Synonyms To awaken, incite, inflame, kindle, irritate, provoke.In electric machinery, to send current through the magnetic field coils, and so produce the magnetism required for the operation of the machine.