Both Uses
stimulate
in
Teddy, by J.D. Salinger
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- Though his speaking voice was, in the usual connotation, well bred, it carried considerably more than adequately, as though he had some sort of understanding with himself that anything he had to say would sound pretty much all right—intelligent, literate, even amusing or stimulating—either from Teddy's vantage point or from that of the people in the row behind, if they were listening.†
stimulating = interesting or exciting; or encouraging interest or excitement; or causing something to happen
- It stimulates him too much.†
*stimulates = encourages growth or excitement, or causes something to happen
Definitions:
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(1)
(stimulate) to encourage growth, interest or excitement, or to cause something to happen
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)