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aÂ·rouse

Â (ə-rouz′)

tr.v. aÂ·roused, aÂ·rousÂ·ing, aÂ·rousÂ·es

a. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited: The report aroused them to take action. The insult aroused him to anger.

b. To stimulate sexual desire in.

2. To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up: The odd sight aroused our curiosity. See Synonyms at provoke.

3. To awaken (someone) from sleep.

[From rouse, on the model of such pairs as rise, arise.]

aÂ·rous′al n.

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arouse

(É™ËˆraÊŠz)

1. (tr) to evoke or elicit (a reaction, emotion, or response); stimulate

2. to awaken from sleep

aËˆrousal n

aËˆrouser n

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a•rouse

(əˈraʊz)

v. a•roused, a•rous•ing. v.t.

1. to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.

2. to stimulate sexually.

3. to awaken; wake up.

v.i.

4. to become awake or aroused.

[1585–95; a-³ + rouse¹, on the model of arise]

a•rous`a•bil′i•ty, n.

a•rous′a•ble, adj.

a•rous′al, n.

a•rous′er, n.

arouse

Past participle: aroused
Gerund: arousing

Imperative
arouse
arouse

Present
I arouse
you arouse
he/she/it arouses
we arouse
you arouse
they arouse

Preterite
I aroused
you aroused
he/she/it aroused
we aroused
you aroused
they aroused

Present Continuous
I am arousing
you are arousing
he/she/it is arousing
we are arousing
you are arousing
they are arousing

Present Perfect
I have aroused
you have aroused
he/she/it has aroused
we have aroused
you have aroused
they have aroused

Past Continuous
I was arousing
you were arousing
he/she/it was arousing
we were arousing
you were arousing
they were arousing

Past Perfect
I had aroused
you had aroused
he/she/it had aroused
we had aroused
you had aroused
they had aroused

Future
I will arouse
you will arouse
he/she/it will arouse
we will arouse
you will arouse
they will arouse

Future Perfect
I will have aroused
you will have aroused
he/she/it will have aroused
we will have aroused
you will have aroused
they will have aroused

Future Continuous
I will be arousing
you will be arousing
he/she/it will be arousing
we will be arousing
you will be arousing
they will be arousing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been arousing
you have been arousing
he/she/it has been arousing
we have been arousing
you have been arousing
they have been arousing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been arousing
you will have been arousing
he/she/it will have been arousing
we will have been arousing
you will have been arousing
they will have been arousing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been arousing
you had been arousing
he/she/it had been arousing
we had been arousing
you had been arousing
they had been arousing

Conditional
I would arouse
you would arouse
he/she/it would arouse
we would arouse
you would arouse
they would arouse

Past Conditional
I would have aroused
you would have aroused
he/she/it would have aroused
we would have aroused
you would have aroused
they would have aroused

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Verb	1.	arouse - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" ask for, invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" excite - arouse or elicit a feeling anger - make angry; "The news angered him" discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure shame - cause to be ashamed spite, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
	2.	arouse - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" come alive, awake, awaken, wake, wake up, waken change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
	3.	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" bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, evoke, stir, raise anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
	4.	arouse - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" energize, perk up, energise, brace, stimulate affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" cathect - inject with libidinal energy reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, quicken, repair - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" reinvigorate, invigorate - impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" liven, liven up, enliven, invigorate, animate - make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
	5.	arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." awaken, wake up, waken, rouse, wake reawaken - awaken once again bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories" call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	6.	arouse - to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" stir move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	7.	arouse - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" sex, wind up, excite, turn on stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" tempt - try to seduce

arouse

verb

1. stimulate, encourage, inspire, prompt, spark, spur, foster, provoke, rouse, stir up, inflame, incite, instigate, whip up, summon up, whet, kindle, foment, call forth His work has aroused intense interest.
stimulate still, end, calm, dull, alleviate, dampen, lull, quell, allay, assuage, pacify, quench

2. inflame, move, warm, excite, spur, provoke, animate, prod, stir up, agitate, quicken, enliven, goad, foment He apologized, saying this subject always aroused him.

3. excite sexually, thrill, stimulate, provoke, turn on (slang), tease, please, get going, tickle, inflame, tantalize, make wild Some men are aroused by their partner saying erotic words to them.

4. awaken, wake up, rouse, waken We were aroused from our sleep by a knocking at the door.

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arouse

verb

1. To cease sleeping:

awake, awaken, rouse, stir, wake, waken.

2. To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion):

awake, awaken, kindle, raise, rouse, stir (up), waken.

Translations

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vzbudit

vÃ¦kke

erregen wecken

avivar despertar encender inspirar levantar

agacer agiter dÃ©battre Ã©mouvoir Ã©veiller

vekja

destare eccitare incutere svegliare

sukelti

modinÄtrosinÄt

vekke

provocar

vzbuditi

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arouse

[əˈraʊz] VT

1. (frm) (= awaken from sleep) → despertar

2. (= stimulate) [+ suspicion, curiosity] → despertar, suscitar
it aroused great interest → despertÃ³ or suscitÃ³ mucho interÃ©s
to arouse the appetite → abrir el apetito
it should arouse you to greater efforts → deberÃa incitarte a esforzarte mÃ¡s

3. (sexually) → excitar

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arouse

[əˈraʊz] vt

[+ curiosity, passions] → Ã©veiller, susciter

arouse

(lit liter) → aufwecken, erwecken (liter)

(fig: = excite) → erregen; interest, suspicion etc → erregen, erwecken; to arouse somebody from his slumbers (fig) → jdn aus dem Schlaf wachrÃ¼tteln

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arouse

[əˈraʊz] vt (awaken, sleeper) → svegliare (fig) (person) → eccitare, stimolare; (feelings) → suscitare

arouse

(É™Ëˆrauz) verb

to cause or give rise to (something). His actions aroused my suspicions.

arouse

vt (from sleep) despertar; (sexually, etc.) excitar

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