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Webster 1913 Edition
Arouse
A-rouse′
,Verb.
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
His brother, mighty sovereign on the host.
arouse
His brother, mighty sovereign on the host.
Cowper.
No suspicion was
aroused
. Merivale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arouse
AROUSE
,Verb.
T.
To excite into action, that which is at rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion that which is languid; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
Definition 2024
arouse
arouse
English
Verb
arouse (third-person singular simple present arouses, present participle arousing, simple past and past participle aroused)
- To stimulate feelings.
- The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort.
- to arouse compassion; to arouse jealousy; to arouse anger
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- “ My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “ incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : “ I prefer a farandole to a nocturne ; I'd rather have a painting than an etching ; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […].”
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.
- To sexually stimulate.
- I can't keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly.
- To wake from sleep or stupor.
- She was snoring and nothing would arouse her.
See also
Translations
to stimulate feelings
to sexually stimulate
to awaken