Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Excite \Ex*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excited}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {exciting}.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move
   rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See
   {Cite}.]
   1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to
      kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or
      general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the
      passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite
      heat by friction.

   2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of
      an organism, or any of its parts.

   Syn: To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate;
        inflame; irritate; provoke.

   Usage: To {Excite}, {Incite}. When we excite we rouse into
          action feelings which were less strong; when we incite
          we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end.
          Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians
          against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to
          unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech
          over the body of C[ae]sar, so excited the feelings of
          the populace, that Brutus and his companions were
          compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were
          incited to join their standard, not only by love of
          liberty, but hopes of plunder.

Source : WordNet®

excited
     adj 1: in an aroused state [ant: {unexcited}]
     2: of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would
        become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up
        about all the noise" [syn: {aroused}, {emotional}, {worked
        up}]
     3: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
        delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
        gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: {delirious}, {frantic},
         {mad}, {unrestrained}]
     4: of e.g. a molecule; made reactive or more reactive [syn: {activated}]