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stĭmŭlātor, ōris, m. [stimulo], a pricker-on, instigator, stimulator, Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 501; Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Iul. 5 (in Cic. Dom. 5, 11, Orell. and B. and K. read instimulator); Vulg. Jer. 46, 20.