instimulate

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin instimulatus, past participle instimulare (to stimulate). See in- and stimulate.

Verb

instimulate (third-person singular simple present instimulates, present participle instimulating, simple past and past participle instimulated)

  1. (obsolete) To stimulate; to excite.
    • 1659, Robert Codrington, The Grand Cabinet-counsels Unlocked:
      I remained extreamly offended with the King, it did the more instimulate and torment her

Etymology 2

From in- +‎ stimulate.

Verb

instimulate (third-person singular simple present instimulates, present participle instimulating, simple past and past participle instimulated)

  1. Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.
    • 1740, George Cheyne, An Essay on Regimen:
      They, on the contrary, who have acquir'd their Distempers by too poor and low a Manner of living, on vegetable, insipid and instimulating Food only, which is the Case of most of the Poor or Indigent, must be cured by more generous Living

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for instimulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)