a. and sb. rare. [f. L. stimulāre: see STIMULATE v. and -ORY. Cf. It. stimolatorio.] a. adj. = STIMULATIVE a. b. sb. = STIMULANT sb. 2.
1758. Herald, No. 27. II. 187. That policy which contrives gratification … so stimulatory of a military spirit.
1812. J. Smyth, Pract. Customs (1821), 32. The powdered root of this plant is used as a stimulatory.
