excitare (to rouse up from a state of inactivity or depression, aliquem or alicujus jacentem animum; aliquem ad aliquid; also, risum, plausum, suspicionem alicui; motum in animis hominum, emotion, opposed to motum sedare): concitare (to put in a state of violent activity, aliquem ad aliquid; by anything, aliqua re; multitudinem; aliquem ira; animos, opposed to remittere, Quint.): incitare (to set in motion, and urge onwards to an object, or, figuratively, against a person, aliquem, alicujus animum, libidines; studium alicujus rei; aliquem ad aliquid: aliquem in or contra aliquem, against another): excire, conciere or concire (in classic prose, only = to stir up the mind passively to any action; seldom to produce a passion, evil of any kind, etc.; e.g., iram concire; seditionem concire; terrorem excire): movere, commovere (to move, agitate, stir the mind or senses; then = to produce some emotion or passion, or something evil; e.g., misericordiam, se ditionem, bellum movere or commovere; suspicionem, risum movere): conflare (to blow up, to kindle = to cause, alicui invidiam: bellum): instigare (to urge on; to instigate, not very common; te instigante, Cic.; Romanos in Hannibalem, Liv.): acuere: exacuere (to sharpen; and hence, to produce vigor, alacrity, vehemence; acuere aliquem ad crudelitatem; acuere aliquem [opposed to languorem afferre alicui, Cic.]; acuere pectora virorum fortium, Liv.; exacuere aliquem [opposed to deterrere, Cic.]; exacuere aliquem ira, Nep.: irritare (e.g., animos ad bellum, Liv.; aliquem ad necem alicujus, Velleius): stimulare (to spur on, stimulate; with accusative of object; in aliquid; ut, ne, and poetically, infinitive; anybody against anybody, aliquem in aliquem): inflammare (to kindle a violent feeling, aliquem in aliquem; against anybody, sensus animorum atque motus [opposed to exstinguere, Cic.]; invidiam alicujus; aliquem aliqua re, and ad aliquid). ☞ Exstimulare, poetically, and in post-Augustan, prose. (The words are found in this connection and order.) incitare et stimulare (Liv.); stimulare atque excitare (Cic.); inflammare et incendere; excitare et inflammare; accendere et stimulare; impellere et incendere. The Romans also expressed it, figuratively, by stimulos alicui admovere or addere; stimulos subdere alicujus animo; calcaria alicui adhibere or admovere; ignem alicui subjicere (especially to excite the envy of anyone). To excite to battle or to war, ad certamen, ad bellum incitare or irritare aliquem: to excite to learning, irritare aliquem ad discendum: to excite to anger, alicui acuere iram; aliquem ad iram irritare; or simply irritare aliquem: to be excited by anger, ira exacui or incendi: to excite desire, cupiditatem afferre; in anybody, after anything, alicui alicujus rei: to be excited (of the senses), moveri (e.g., ut sensus moventur in summis voluptatibus; Cic.). ☞ For to excite admiration, surprise, thirst, appetite, etc., [Vid: those substantives.