excite
v.v. to make someone feel very happy, interested, or enthusiastic about something. You use this when you want to describe giving someone a strong feeling of energy or hope.
v. to arouse strong feelings of enthusiasm, interest, or anticipation in another person. In scientific contexts, it refers to increasing the energy level of a particle or atom.
The news of the holiday will excite the children.
The new product launch failed to excite investors, leading to a slight drop in the company's stock price.
The researchers used a high-powered laser to excite the electrons within the sample, allowing them to observe the resulting light emissions.
From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō (“to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of excieō (“to call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + cieō (“to call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object. In physics, it is often used in the passive voice ('the atom was excited').
I am very exciteI am very excitedLearners often use the base verb instead of the participial adjective to describe their own feelings.