Suscitate

//ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. obsolete, transitive

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Etymology

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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