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stimulating, ppl. a.|ˈstɪmjʊleɪtɪŋ| [f. stimulate v. + -ing2.] That stimulates. 1. Rousing to action or exertion; spurring or urging on; inciting; spec. inciting to mental activity.
a1732Gay Fables II. xv. 87 Urg'd by the stimulating goad, I [the ox] drag the cumbrous waggon's load. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 132 Urged on by the stimulating excitement afforded by publicity. 1873R. W. Church Influences Chr. Nat. Charact. ii. 87 The sentences of Seneca are stimulating to the intellect. 1908J. Wells Stewart of Lovedale iv. 29 Admirable and stimulating as he was as a preacher, Mr. Stewart was even more stimulating as a teacher. 2. Phys. and Med. = stimulant A. 2 a, c.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 694/2 Aphrodisiacks are either 1. strengthners..Or 2. Stimulating. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet in Aliments, etc. 255 Salts which make it pungent and stimulating. 1793T. Beddoes Calculus, etc. 198 The stimulating quality of light upon plants. 1836A. Combe Physiol. Digestion 270 Quantities of stimulating animal food. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 57 Sea-weed is still more readily decomposed..and hence this manure is stimulating as well as enriching. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 284 A stimulating liniment containing turpentine and iodine. b. spec. = stimulant A. 2 c. Now rare.
1840Macaulay Ess., Clive ⁋37 Stimulating drugs were employed to aid the effect of religious zeal, and the besiegers, drunk with enthusiasm, drunk with bang, rushed furiously to the attack. 1872J. G. Murphy Comm. Lev. x. 10, 11 Abstinence..from stimulating drinks.
Add: Hence ˈstimulatingly adv.
1927Observer 13 Nov. 9 They are stimulatingly dealt with here, and Mr. Mumford is not less successful with Henry James. 1987C. Lloyd Year at Gt. Dixter 47 New hydrangea leaves and shoots have a stimulatingly sharp smell. |