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Meaning of arouse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  arouse
      v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
           pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse},
           {elicit}, {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {fire}, {raise},
           {provoke}]
      2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
         [syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {arouse}, {awaken}, {wake}, {come
         alive}, {waken}] [ant: {dope off}, {doze off}, {drift off},
         {drop off}, {drowse off}, {fall asleep}, {flake out}, {nod
         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"
         [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {evoke},
         {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward},
         {call forth}]
      4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
         me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn:
         {stimulate}, {arouse}, {brace}, {energize}, {energise}, {perk
         up}] [ant: {calm}, {de-energise}, {de-energize}, {sedate},
         {tranquilize}, {tranquillise}, {tranquillize}]
      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}, {wake}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}, {arouse}]
         [ant: {cause to sleep}]
      6: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
         children began to stir" [syn: {arouse}, {stir}]
      7: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
         audience" [syn: {arouse}, {sex}, {excite}, {turn on}, {wind
         up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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