[f. EXCITE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb EXCITE. Also an instance of it. † Phrase, At (of, by) exciting of: by the instigation of.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), II. 133. At exitynge of quarta decimanorum þat helde Esterday þe xiiije day of þe mone Chedde was i-take.
1413. Lydg., Pilgr. Sowle, I. ii. (1483), 3. Yf that my pylgrim hath ought done … of thyne excytyng.
1494. Fabyan, Chron., VI. clxxxix. 192. A company of them, by the exityng of Hurkus … folowed the kynges hoost.
1525. Ld. Berners, Froiss., II. xciii. [lxxxix.] 279. The chiefe excytyng of these maters came by the kynges uncles.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 354. It must proceed … from the Quickning and Exciting of the Natural heat.
1652. G. Herbert, Country Pars., xxii. Wanting many excitings of grace [when not attending the Communion].
