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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overexcite .
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Examples
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Second, small partially digested food proteins, called peptides, from gluten and casein can act to disturb the normal neurotransmitter function in the brain, and third, they can act as “excitotoxins,” increasing glutamate an excitatory neurotransmitter and creating a chain reaction that overexcites, injures, inflames and ultimately kills brain cells.
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Overactivation of this receptor by glutamate is implicated in many psychiatric disorders.8 Glutamate is called an excitotoxin a substance which overexcites and kills or damages brain cells.
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True wit relaxes, the author argues implicitly; it never overexcites.
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True wit relaxes, the author argues implicitly; it never overexcites.
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Does this count as "bristling" as Lane has it, or is this just real debate, and it overexcites us because we don't get to see enough of it?
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This excessive current overexcites the generator and results in high overvoltages.
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With them no introspective [greek] cnzhi seauton overexcites the consciousness of self.
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I want to indicate to you a new sensation, possible only to intelligent men -- let us say even very intelligent men -- dangerous, like everything else that overexcites our organs, but exquisite.
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I want to indicate to you a new sensation, possible only to intelligent men -- let us say even very intelligent men -- dangerous, like everything else that overexcites our organs, but exquisite.
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I want to indicate to you a new sensation, only possible to intelligent men, let us say even very intelligent men, dangerous, like everything that overexcites our organs, but exquisite.
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