| exuscitatio |
| ex-us-ci-ta'-ti-o | from Gk. suscitare "to raise, rouse, awaken" |
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Stirring others by one's own vehement feeling (sometimes by means of a rhetorical question, and often for the sake of exciting anger). | |
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| Can I stand by and let the government trample on my rights? Is that safe? Is that right? Can any of us afford to allow this wrong to continue? | ||
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| Sources: | Peacham (1577) U1r; Day 1599 99 | |
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