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excite
excite someone about something
to stimulate someone about something. I thought our vacation stories would excite her about going, but they did not. She was excited about the trip to Moscow.
excite something in someone
to arouse something in someone; to arouse someone with something. The horror movie excited a lot of fear in Mike. The smell of jasmine in the warm air excited a romantic streak in me.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Yonit | | - | Hebrew |
Eugene | | YOO-jeen, yoo-JEEN | English |
Theodor | | - | German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Romanian |
Cristiano | | kree-STYAH-no (Italian), kreesh-TYA-noo (Portuguese) | Italian, Portuguese |
Harold | | HER-əld, HAR-əld | English |
AndrÁS | | AWN-drahsh | Hungarian |