Arousing

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

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "arousing":
     aggravation, agitation, animation, aphrodisiac, aphroditous,
     arousal, educible, eductive, electrification, elicitory,
     eradicative, eroticizing, evocative, exacerbation, exacting,
     exactive, exasperation, excitation, excitement, exhilaration,
     extortionary, extortionate, extortive, extractive, fomentation,
     galvanization, incitement, inflammation, infuriation, irritation,
     lathering up, perturbation, provocation, steaming up, stimulating,
     stimulation, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, uprooting, venereal,
     whipping up, working up