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VERB (7)

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
- Example: "arouse pity"
- Example: "raise a smile"
- Example: "evoke sympathy"
[syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]

2. stop sleeping;
- Example: "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken]

3. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;
- Example: "raise the specter of unemployment"
- Example: "he conjured wild birds in the air"
- Example: "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

4. cause to be alert and energetic;
- Example: "Coffee and tea stimulate me"
- Example: "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
[syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up]

5. cause to become awake or conscious;
- Example: "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"
- Example: "Please wake me at 6 AM."
[syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]

6. to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir";
[syn: arouse, stir]

7. stimulate sexually;
- Example: "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
[syn: arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse
         His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper.
   [1913 Webster]

         No suspicion was aroused.                --Merivale.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arouse
    v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
         pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
         elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,
         provoke]
    2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
       [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come
       alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off,
       drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod
       off]
    3: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
       magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild
       birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
       [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke,
       stir, call down, arouse, 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, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk
       up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate,
       tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
    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, arouse]
       [ant: cause to sleep]
    6: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
       children began to stir" [syn: arouse, stir]
    7: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
       audience" [syn: arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind
       up]