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stimulatestimulate /ˈstɪmyəˌleɪt/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYstimulateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of stimulare, from stimulus; ➔ STIMULUS VERB TABLEstimulate |
Present | I, you, we, they | stimulate | | he, she, it | stimulates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stimulated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stimulated | | he, she, it | has stimulated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stimulated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stimulate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stimulated |
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Present | I | am stimulating | | he, she, it | is stimulating | | you, we, they | are stimulating | Past | I, he, she, it | was stimulating | | you, we, they | were stimulating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stimulating | | he, she, it | has been stimulating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stimulating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stimulating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stimulating |
1to encourage or help an activity to begin or develop further: Will the tax cuts stimulate the economy?2to encourage someone by making him or her excited about and interested in something: We try to stimulate the children’s imaginations.3science, biology to make a plant or part of the body become active or stronger: The drug stimulates the immune system.—stimulative adjective—stimulation /ˌstɪmyəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |