suscitate

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/ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/

verb

To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.

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OriginLatin suscitatus →
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Meanings

verbsuscitate (third-person singular simple present suscitates, present participle suscitating, simple past and past participle suscitated)

present singular third person suscitates · participle present suscitating · participle past suscitated · past suscitated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.

    Synonyms: exsuscitate, animate, awaken, electrify, enflame, enkindle, enthrill, exagitate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.

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exsuscitateanimateawakenelectrifyenflameenkindleenthrillexagitateexciteexhilarateexsuscitatefillipfirefire the bloodgalvanizegin upigniteinflameintoxicatekindle
Also see
thrill

Origin

  1. Latinsuscitatus
  2. Englishsuscitate

From Latin suscitatus, past participle of suscitare (“to lift up, to rouse”), from sub- + citare (“to rouse, excite”). Compare excite, incite, and resuscitate.

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APA

suscitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suscitate

MLA

“suscitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suscitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suscitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suscitate.

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