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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]

a·rous·a·bil·i·ty, noun
a·rous·a·ble, adjective
a·rous·al    Audio Help   [uh-rou-zuhl] Pronunciation Key, noun
a·rous·er, noun

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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" 

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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
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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