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a⋅rouse

  [uh-rouz] verb, a⋅roused, a⋅rous⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
2. to stimulate sexually.
3. to awaken; wake up: The footsteps aroused the dog.
–verb (used without object)
4. to awake or become aroused: At dawn the farmers began to arouse.
Origin:
1585–95; a- 3 + rouse 1 , modeled on arise

Related forms:
a⋅rous⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
a⋅rous⋅a⋅ble, adjective
a⋅rous⋅al  [uh-rou-zuhl] , noun
a⋅rous⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. animate; inspirit, inspire; incite, provoke, instigate; stimulate, kindle, fire.

Antonyms:
1. calm.
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a·rouse   (ə-rouz')   
v.   a·roused, a·rous·ing, a·rous·es

v.   tr.

  1. To awaken from or as if from sleep.

  2. To stir up; excite: The odd sight aroused our curiosity. See Synonyms at provoke.

  3. To stimulate sexual desire in.

v.   intr.
To be or become aroused.

[From rouse, on the model of such pairs as rise, arise.]
a·rous'al n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: arous·al
Pronunciation: &-'rau-z&l
Function: noun
: the act of arousing : state of being aroused arousal>; specifically : responsiveness to stimuli arousal —Paul Bakan>

Main Entry: arouse
Pronunciation: &-'rauz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: aroused; arous·ing
1 : to rouse orstimulate to action or to physiological readiness for activity aroused>
2 : to give rise to aroused by a stimulus>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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arousal

in psychology, the stimulation of the cerebral cortex into a state of general wakefulness, or attention. Activation proceeds from various portions of the brain, but primarily from the reticular formation, the nerve network in the midbrain that monitors ingoing and outgoing sensory and motor impulses. Activation, however, is not the same as direct cortical stimulation by specific sense receptors, such as being awakened by noise. It involves, rather, a complex of impulses that are both internal and external to the body. Electroencephalography (EEG) measures the degree of arousal.

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