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arouse(dictionary)

arouse (iou)



arouse verb. L16.
[from A-11 + ROUSE verb1, after rise, arise, etc.]
verb trans. Raise or stir up (a person or animal) from sleep or inactivity; excite sexually. L16.
D. Runyon The noise of John Wangle's yelling..arouses many of the neighbors. R. Ellison Such an effective piece of eloquence..you aroused them so quickly to action. P. H. Johnson She was still sleeping, and now she looked so serene, so peaceful, that I hated to arouse her.
verb trans. Stir up into activity (principles of action, emotions, etc.); bring into existence. E18.
G. Greene I wondered whether Miss Smythe was so convenient a sister as Henry was a husband, and all my latent snobbery was aroused by the namethat y, the final e. T. Capote A case like the Clutter case, crimes of that magnitude, arouse the interest of lawmen everywhere. A. Storr Everyone knows that anger, once thoroughly aroused, takes time to subside.
verb intrans. Wake up. E19.
J. Thurber Always a deep sleeper, slow to arouse.
arousable adjective L19.
arousal noun the action of arousing or fact of being aroused M19.
arouser noun M19.