1. To arouse sexually; SYN. sex, excite, turn on, wind up.
2. To call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; SYN. elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke.
3. To begin moving,; SYN. stir.
To go along the rim, like a beard around the chin.
To be the cause or originator of; to be the source of.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: bred).
1. To copulate with a female, used esp. of horses; SYN. cover.
2. To have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people; SYN. multiply.
3. Said of plants or animals: to cause to have young, usually with attention to the genetic strains.
To bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind.
To call out loudly, as of names or numbers.
1. To bring forward for consideration:; SYN. bring forward.
2. To call to arms; of military personnel; SYN. mobilize, rally.
To give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; SYN. do, make.
1. To ask for identification.
2. To issue a challenge to.
3. To raise a formal objection in a court of law; SYN. take exception.
4. To take exception to; SYN. dispute, gainsay.
1. To bring into existence.
2. To create by artistic means; SYN. make.
3. To invest with a new title, office, or rank.
4. To pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity.
ETYM Old Eng. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.
To be courageous enough to try or do something:.
To confuse, embarrass; thwart; defeat in battle.
To deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); SYN. evoke, elicit, extract, draw out.
Bring out, develop; elicit.
1. To coat with beaten egg.
2. To throw eggs at.
(Homonym: illicit).
To derive by reason.
To call forth; SYN. breed, spawn.
1. To call out; to summon forth.
2. To call to mind, by suggestion.
1. To bring into existence; SYN. bring forth.
2. To produce (electricity).
In mathematics to produce a sequence of numbers from either the relationship between one number and the next or the relationship between a member of the sequence and its position. For example, un+1 = 2un generates the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, . ; an = n(n+1) generates the sequence of numbers 2, 6, 12, 20, .
ETYM See 1 st Irritant.
To cause to be in a worse state.
1. To call forth; SYN. evoke, call forth, kick up.
2. To provide the needed stimulus for; SYN. stimulate.