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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Exciting

· Ex·cit·ing · IPA /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
01 a. Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story.
  1. 1.
    Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story.
Phrases & compounds
Exciting causes — those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes.