arouse

• WordNet 3.6
  • v arouse stop sleeping "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
  • v arouse cause to become awake or conscious "He was roused by the drunken men in the street","Please wake me at 6 AM."
  • v arouse cause to be alert and energetic "Coffee and tea stimulate me","This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
  • v arouse 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"
  • v arouse call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) "arouse pity","raise a smile","evoke sympathy"
  • v arouse stimulate sexually "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
  • v arouse to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
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• Interesting fact: Studies have shown that men become sexually aroused nearly every time they dream.
• • v. t Arouse 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.""No suspicion was aroused ."
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• Interesting fact: Catnip, or Nepeta cataria, is an herb with nepetalactone in it. Many think that when cats inhale nepetalactone, it affects hormones that arouse sexual feelings, or at least alter their brain functioning to make them feel "high." Catnip was originally made, using nepetalactone as a natural bug repellant, but roaming cats would rip up the plants before they could be put to their intended task.
• • arouse To excite into action; stir or put in motion or exertion; awaken: as, to arouse attention; to arouse one from sleep; to arouse dormant faculties.
  • arouse Synonyms To rouse, wake up, awaken, animate, incite, stimulate, kindle, warm.
  • n arouse The act of arousing; an alarm.
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• • v.t., v.i Arouse a-rowz′ same as Rouse
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• David O. Mckay

  

  “Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.”
• Logan Pearsall Smith

  

  “The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.”
• Fawn M. Brodie

  

  “Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.”
• Dogen

  

  “Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup.”
• Iris Murdoch

  

  “Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.”
• Camille Paglia

  

  “If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.”

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