Stimulates, thrills (7)
I believe the answer is:
excites
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">stimulates</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('excite' can be a synonym of 'stimulate')</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">thrills</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for excites that I've seen before include "Stirs up, rouses" , "Arouses feelings in" , "Provokes" , "Stirs up, stimulates" , "Makes eager" .)