Arouse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arouse \A*rouse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aroused}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Arousing}.] [Pref. a- + rouse.]
     To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in
     motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one
     from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
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           Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse
           His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper.
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           No suspicion was aroused.                --Merivale.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arouse
       v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
            pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {elicit},
             {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {fire}, {raise}, {provoke}]
       2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
          [syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {awaken}, {wake}, {come alive},
          {waken}] [ant: {fall asleep}]
       3: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
          specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
          air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
          the mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke},
           {evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {bring up}, {put forward},
          {call forth}]
       4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
          me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: {stimulate},
           {brace}, {energize}, {energise}, {perk up}] [ant: {de-energize},
           {de-energize}, {sedate}]
       5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
          drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
          [syn: {awaken}, {wake}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}] [ant:
           {cause to sleep}]
       6: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
          children began to stir" [syn: {stir}]
       7: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
          audience" [syn: {sex}, {excite}, {turn on}, {wind up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  145 Moby Thesaurus words for "arouse":
     aggravate, agitate, alarm, alert, anger, animate, annoy, awake,
     awaken, bestir, blow the coals, blow up, bring forth, bring out,
     bring to light, bristle, call forth, call out, call up, chafe,
     challenge, cry havoc, cry wolf, deduce, derive, drag out,
     draw forth, draw out, dynamize, educe, electrify, elicit, embitter,
     encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, enrage, evoke, exasperate,
     excite, exhilarate, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame,
     feed the fire, ferment, fire, flame, fly storm warnings, foment,
     foster, frenzy, fret, frighten, galvanize, get from, get out of,
     hearten, heat, heat up, huff, impassion, incense, incite, induce,
     inflame, infuriate, instigate, invigorate, irritate, jazz up,
     key up, kindle, knock up, lather up, light the fuse, light up,
     liven, madden, miff, move, nettle, obtain, overexcite, peeve,
     pep up, perk up, pique, procure, provoke, put up to, quicken,
     raise, raise up, rally, rankle, revive, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle,
     secure, set astir, set fire to, set on, set on fire, set up,
     shake up, sic on, snap up, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin,
     spark, startle, steam up, stimulate, stir, stir the blood,
     stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, summon forth,
     summon up, thrill, tickle, turn on, vex, vitalize, wake, wake up,
     waken, wangle, wangle out of, warm, warm the blood, warn, whet,
     whip up, winkle out, work into, work up, worm out, worm out of,
     zip up