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Definition of Excitative
1. Adjective. (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate.
Similar to: Stimulative
Derivative terms: Excite, Excite, Excite, Excite, Excite
Definition of Excitative
1. a. Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory.
Definition of Excitative
1. Adjective. That causes excitation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excitative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excitative
Literary usage of Excitative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guidelines for the Treatment, Investigation, and Control of Animal Bites (1993)
"The excitative stage almost always terminates in paralysis, ... In some animals,
the excitative stage may be slight or absent in which case the clinical ..."
2. Fasting: The Ultimate Diet by Allan Cott (1997)
"excitative processes are increased and the processes of active inhibitions are
relatively ... In this phase inhibition prevails over excitative processes. ..."
3. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1825)
"Lethargic not excitative is now the character of the disease. Beyond comparison
more mischievous than the lethargic is the ..."
4. The Hebraic Tongue Restored and the True Meaning of the Hebrew Words Re by Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (1921)
"excitative FORM Again here the- excitative radical form, (exception being made
of the sign ‘,) is replaced in the active ..."
5. Official aptitude maximized; expense minimized: as shewn in the several by Jeremy Bentham (1830)
"Lethargic not excitative is now the character of the disease. Beyond comparison
more mischievous than the lethargic is the ..."
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