All 9 Uses of
stimulate
in
War and Peace
- "My dear," she said to her son, once more stimulating him by a touch, "you promised me!"†
Chpt 1stimulating = interesting or exciting; or encouraging interest or excitement; or causing something to happen
- The gay triumphant shouting of the enemy army had a stimulating effect on him.†
Chpt 3
- These sights and sounds had no depressing or intimidating effect on him; on the contrary, they stimulated his energy and determination.†
Chpt 3 *stimulated = encouraged growth or excitement, or caused something to happen
- Trying to stimulate his emotions he looked around.†
Chpt 5stimulate = to encourage growth or excitement, or to cause something to happen
- Often, listening to the pilgrims' tales, she was so stimulated by their simple speech, mechanical to them but to her so full of deep meaning, that several times she was on the point of abandoning everything and running away from home.†
Chpt 6stimulated = encouraged growth or excitement, or caused something to happen
- And even those who did see it would not have been much stimulated by it, for what had they to do with Raevski's tender paternal feelings when their own skins were in danger?†
Chpt 9
- The bullets were whining and whistling so stimulatingly around him and his horse was so eager to go that he could not restrain himself.†
Chpt 9
- Napoleon began the war with Russia because he could not resist going to Dresden, could not help having his head turned by the homage he received, could not help donning a Polish uniform and yielding to the stimulating influence of a June morning, and could not refrain from bursts of anger in the presence of Kurakin and then of Balashev.†
Chpt 10stimulating = interesting or exciting; or encouraging interest or excitement; or causing something to happen
- It was plain that l'amour which the Frenchman was so fond of was not that low and simple kind that Pierre had once felt for his wife, nor was it the romantic love stimulated by himself that he experienced for Natasha.†
Chpt 11stimulated = encouraged growth or excitement, or caused something to happen
Definition:
to encourage growth, interest or excitement, or to cause something to happen