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stimulator|ˈstɪmjʊleɪtə(r)|
Also 7 -er.
[a. L. stimulātor, f. stimulāre: see stimulate v. Cf. F. stimulateur, Sp., Pg. estimulador, It. stimolatore.]
1. gen. One who or something which stimulates.
1614Jackson Creed iii. 208 marg., See the stimulator. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 694/2 Cantharides are the strongest amongst these stimulaters. 1717L. Howel Desiderius 55 The Indulgence of the Body being too often the great Stimulater of the Soul to vile Practices. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 549 The appetites are the great stimulators of action. 1851Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XII. ii. 357 This great stimulator of a vegetable soil. 1890Ch. Times 3 Jan. 9/1 A practical administrator and stimulator of work in his great diocese.
2. spec. In the psychological laboratory, an instrument for communicating a stimulus.
1905E. B. Titchener Exper. Psychol. II. i. 153 For simple reactions to noise we may use the..Sound stimulator. Ibid. 157 Pressure stimulators (areal) for break and make. Ibid. 163 Make and break stimulators for taste.
3. U.S. One addicted to the use of stimulants.
1891Cycl. Temp. & Prohib. 621/1 The stimulator then resorts to his old remedy. |