arouse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arouse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for arouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arouse v call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" Synonym(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" Synonym(s): wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken Antonym(s): dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off 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" Synonym(s): raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" Synonym(s): stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up Antonym(s): calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." Synonym(s): awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse Antonym(s): cause to sleep to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" Synonym(s): arouse, stir stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" Synonym(s): arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arouse \Arouse"\, 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.