stimulate

To rouse to action or increased activity; excite: synonym: provoke.

To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).

To cause to be interested or engaged.

To cause to desire to have sex; arouse sexually.

To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.

To act or serve as a stimulant or stimulus.

To prick; goad; excite, rouse, or animate to action or more vigorous exertion by some effective motive or by persuasion; spur on; incite.

In physiology, to quicken temporarily some functional or trophic process in.

Specifically, to affect by the use of intoxicating drinks.

Synonyms To encourage, impel, urge, instigate, provoke, whet, foment, kindle, stir up.