arousal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arousal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for arousal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arousal n the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" Synonym(s): arousal, rousing a state of heightened physiological activity awakening from sleep mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse Synonym(s): foreplay, arousal, stimulation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arousal \Arous"al\, n. The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused. Whatever has associated itself with the arousal* and activity of our better nature. --Hare.