excite

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

The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

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.

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.

To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

to excite a dynamo