Both Uses of
stimulate
in
Oryx and Crake
- Since it's only the blue tissue and the pheromones released by it that stimulate the males, there's no more unrequited love these days, no more thwarted lust; no more shadow between the desire and the act.†
p. 165.0stimulate = to encourage growth or excitement, or to cause something to happen
- I told them what I was looking for — you could be very specific there, take them a picture or a video stimulation, stuff like that, and they'd do their best to match you up.†
p. 310.1 *stimulation = something that encourages something else to happen; or the process of something being encouraged
Definition:
to encourage growth, interest or excitement, or to cause something to happen