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| ex-ki-ta'-ti-o | from L. excitare, "to excite"
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To excite an audience, especially out of a stupor or boredom.
Kinds of excitatio include an acclamatio, an invocation, a digression
affirming, denying, or prohibiting something, or a simple admonishment
not to sleep.
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