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Definition of Stimulative
1. Adjective. Capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.
Similar to: Adrenocorticotrophic, Adrenocorticotropic, Analeptic, Excitant, Excitative, Excitatory, Irritating, Irritative, Stimulant, Stimulating
Antonyms: Depressant
Derivative terms: Stimulate, Stimulate, Stimulate
Definition of Stimulative
1. a. Having the quality of stimulating.
Definition of Stimulative
1. Adjective. Describing something that stimulates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stimulative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stimulative
Literary usage of Stimulative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1898)
"It was hoped that, by observing the effects of stimulative and anaesthetic gases
on transpiration, we might obtain a clue as to the nature of the process. ..."
2. Alfalfa, Grasshoppers, Bees: Their Relationship: A Report of the Field-work by Samuel John Hunter, A. H. Duff (1899)
"stimulative FEEDING. It is to be presumed that every colony has an abundance of
... The term "stimulative feeding" applies to feeding for brood rearing, ..."
3. The Teacher's Handbook of Psychology: On the Basis of the "Outlines of by James Sully (1897)
"Such stimulative action is, of course, limited at first. As "Waitz observes, in
the early stages of development repression is the main thing, ..."
4. The Corrosion and Preservation of Iron and Steel by Allerton Seward Cushman, Henry Alfred Gardner (1910)
"Solution System with Two Contending Forces, Inhibitive and stimulative. — It has
been already pointed out in a previous chapter that in many cases a ..."
5. Principles of Plant Culture: An Elementary Treatise Designed Asa Text-book by Emmett Stull Goff (1910)
"Branches of fruit tree tied together by a formed of twigs. twl: B—stimulative
PRUNING. This depends upon the principle graft that the suppression of growth ..."
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