v. Obs. Also 7 extimulate. [f. L. exstimulāt- ppl. stem of exstimulāre, f. ex- + stimulāre: see STIMULATE.] trans. To stimulate to activity (organs or faculties); to provoke (appetites or desires); to spur on, incite (persons). Const. to.
1603. Sir C. Heydon, Jud. Astrol., xx. 425. The Sunne … extimulateth all creatures to the acte of generation, to propagate their kinde.
1672. H. Stubbe, Justif. Dutch War, 33. The King … extimulated by Ambition.
1683. A. Snape, Anat. Horse, I. xv. (1686), 32. It serves … to exstimulate the Guts.
absol. 1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., VII. vii. 353. Opium it selfe is conceived to extimulate unto venery.
