excite

To stir the emotions of.

"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."

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"