That excites or incites. Inciting to action, or inducing emotion; rousing, stimulating, animating, inspiriting; exciting, moving, thrilling.

Causing or producing an action or effect.

That incites or instigates; that causes or elicits some action or reaction; provocative.

Having the quality of inciting or stirring up; stimulative.

Of a feeling, etc.: that constrains, impels, or prompts. Also const. of.

Having the quality of driving forward or propelling something; = propulsive, adj. 2.

Goading, stimulating. Obsolete. rare.

Having the quality of driving or impelling; constraining, compelling; impulsive; propulsive. Now rare.

Having the quality of inciting or arousing to feeling or action; provocative, exciting.

Tending to incite; stirring, stimulative.

That serves as a motive or impelling cause; that constrains, or actuates; inciting, spurring, stimulating, strongly prompting; compelling.

That instigates or animates. Cf. animalize, v. 1. Obsolete. rare.

That impels, or drives on; impelling.

That ‘irritates’ or stirs up (see irritate, v.1 1b); exciting, provocative. Obsolete.

Having the quality of instigating; tending to instigate; stimulative.

Having the quality of propelling, or the tendency to propel something; that drives or pushes something forward; that provides propulsion.

Tending or calculated to prompt someone or something; likely to give rise to something; conducive.

Philosophy. Having the function of impelling to action. Obsolete. rare.

Tending to stimulate; of stimulating nature.

That tends to impel or force onward.

Driving, pushing, or forcing onwards.

Having the quality of stirring up or exciting to action; now in Physiology or Biology. Having the property of stimulating to vital action, e.g. to…

That impels, incites, or urges.

Rousing to action or exertion; spurring or urging on; inciting; spec. inciting to mental activity.

= stimulative, adj.

Impelling or determining to action. impulsive cause (frequently in 17th cent., now rare), originating or primary cause.

= stimulating, adj. 1. Now rare.

Having the property of stimulating; of a stimulating nature or character. Const. of, to.

Tending to exert or rouse to action.

That incites; stimulating, provoking.

That incites, stimulating.

Having the quality of inciting; stimulative.

That drives on; that drives something on.

Having the quality of inciting; stimulative, provoking.