excitant

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

ex=cit=ant

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun excitant has 1 sense

excitant(n = noun.artifact) stimulant, stimulant drug - a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; Array

has particulars: amphetamine, pep pill, speed, upper, analeptic, aphrodisiac, butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite, african tea, arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat, quat, methylphenidate, ritalin, popper

is a kind of drug

Adjective excitant has 1 sense

excitant(s = adj.all) excitative, excitatory - (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate; Array

Derived forms verb excite₂, verb excite₄, verb excite₃

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CIDE DICTIONARY

excitant, a. [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant.].

Tending to excite; exciting. [1913 Webster]

excitant, n.

An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant. [1913 Webster]

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