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a·rouse

Audio Help [uh-rouz] Pronunciation Key verb, a·roused, a·rous·ing.

–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 + rouse¹, modeled on arise

]

—Related forms

a·rous·a·bil·i·ty, noun

a·rous·a·ble, adjective

a·rous·al

Audio Help [uh-rou-zuh

l] Pronunciation Key, 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 Audio Help   (ə-rouz') Pronunciation Key
v.   a·roused, a·rous·ing, a·rous·es

v.   tr.

To awaken from or as if from sleep.
To stir up; excite: The odd sight aroused our curiosity. See Synonyms at provoke.
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.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
arouse

1593, "awaken," from a- (1) "on" + rouse (q.v.). Arousal is attested from 1854.

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arouse
verb
1.	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
2.	stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up] [ant: dope 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"
4.	cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate] [ant: de-energise, calm]
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] [ant: cause to sleep]
6.	to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
7.	stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
arouse [əˈrauz] verb

to cause or give rise to (something)
Example: His actions aroused my suspicions.

Arabic:	يُثير
Chinese (Simplified):	引起
Chinese (Traditional):	引起
Czech:	vzbudit
Danish:	vække
Dutch:	opwekken
Estonian:	äratama
Finnish:	herättää
French:	éveiller
German:	wecken
Greek:	ξεσηκώνω, διεγείρω
Hungarian:	felébreszt
Icelandic:	vekja
Indonesian:	membangkitkan, membangunkan
Italian:	provocare

Japanese:	起こさせる
Korean:	일어나다; 깨우다
Latvian:	modināt; rosināt
Lithuanian:	sukelti
Norwegian:	vekke
Polish:	wzbudzać
Portuguese (Brazil):	provocar
Portuguese (Portugal):	provocar
Romanian:	a stârni
Russian:	вызывать
Slovak:	vzbudiť
Slovenian:	vzbuditi
Spanish:	despertar, provocar
Swedish:	väcka
Turkish:	uyandırmak

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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

No suspicion was aroused. --Merivale.

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