(transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
(transitive) 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.
Smugglers operating secretly so as not to excite suspicion.
[S]he assured them […] that they had better follow her to a place of safety. They were at length excited, by her mere importunance to leave the room, and soon after the house.
(transitive, physics) 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.