verb

1. To stir the emotions of.

   “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.”

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.”