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Quick definitions from WordNet (arouse)
▸ verb: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) ("Arouse pity")
▸ verb: stimulate sexually ("This movie usually arouses the male audience")
▸ verb: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
▸ verb: cause to be alert and energetic
▸ verb: stop sleeping
▸ verb: cause to become awake or conscious
▸ verb: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
▸ Also see arousing
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▸ verb: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) ("Arouse pity")
▸ verb: stimulate sexually ("This movie usually arouses the male audience")
▸ verb: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
▸ verb: cause to be alert and energetic
▸ verb: stop sleeping
▸ verb: cause to become awake or conscious
▸ verb: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
▸ Also see arousing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to arouse
▸ Usage examples for arouse
▸ Idioms related to arouse (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near arouse
▸ Rhymes of arouse
▸ Invented words related to arouse