excite

verb4

1. •
   To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.

   • The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
2. •
   To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.

   • Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.
   • The political reforms excited unrest among the population.
3. •
   To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

   • By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.
4. •
   To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.