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Definition of Overexcite
1. v. t. To excite too much.
Definition of Overexcite
1. Verb. To excite to an excessive degree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overexcite
1. [v -CITED, -CITING, -CITES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overexcite
Literary usage of Overexcite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery by Caroline McNeil (1997)
"If it is produced in higher-than-normal levels, it can overexcite a neuron,
driving in too much calcium. Moreover, glutamate can be dangerous to a neuron ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"... of all kinds of muscular effort must be insisted upon; gentle exercise alone
should be permitted. When the condition has been induced by overexcite- ..."
3. Poet Lore (1898)
"Besides, short of a prolonged time, absence would be as likely to overexcite the
fancy of the young girl as to calm it; and, with all I knew of her ..."
4. Modern Theories of Criminality by Constancio Bernaldo de Quirós, Alfonso de Salvio (1911)
"... life is to overexcite the nervous system, while rural life calms it and feeds
the muscles at the expense of the nerves. Civilization, in this sense, ..."
5. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne, James Alexander Robertson, Emma Helen Blair (1907)
"... neither have we any influence over the press; we do not possess a nucleus of
attached partisans to shout for us and overexcite so-called public opinion: ..."
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