[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arouse \arouse"\, v. 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.
   1913 webster

         grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse
         his brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --cowper.
   1913 webster

         no suspicion was aroused.                --merivale.
   1913 webster
see also:
aroused arousing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

arouse
     v 1: call forth emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse
          pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" syn: elicit,
           enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
     2: stop sleeping; "she woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
        syn: wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive,
        waken ant: fall asleep
     3: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
        specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
        air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
        the mountain" syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke,
         evoke, stir, call down, 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,
         brace, energize, energise, perk up ant: de-energize,
         de-energize, sedate
     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 ant:
         cause to sleep
     6: to begin moving, "as the thunder started the sleeping
        children began to stir" syn: stir
     7: stimulate sexually; "this movie usually arouses the male
        audience" syn: sex, excite, turn on, wind up
see also:
elicit enkindle kindle evoke fire raise 
provoke wake up awake awaken wake 
come alive waken fall asleep conjure conjure up 
invoke stir call down bring up put forward 
call forth stimulate brace energize energise 
perk up de-energize sedate rouse cause to sleep 
sex excite turn on wind up 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

145 moby thesaurus words for "arouse":
   aggravate, agitate, alarm, alert, anger, animate, annoy, awake,
   awaken, bestir, blow the coals, blow up, bring forth, bring out,
   bring to light, bristle, call forth, call out, call up, chafe,
   challenge, cry havoc, cry wolf, deduce, derive, drag out,
   draw forth, draw out, dynamize, educe, electrify, elicit, embitter,
   encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, enrage, evoke, exasperate,
   excite, exhilarate, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame,
   feed the fire, ferment, fire, flame, fly storm warnings, foment,
   foster, frenzy, fret, frighten, galvanize, get from, get out of,
   hearten, heat, heat up, huff, impassion, incense, incite, induce,
   inflame, infuriate, instigate, invigorate, irritate, jazz up,
   key up, kindle, knock up, lather up, light the fuse, light up,
   liven, madden, miff, move, nettle, obtain, overexcite, peeve,
   pep up, perk up, pique, procure, provoke, put up to, quicken,
   raise, raise up, rally, rankle, revive, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle,
   secure, set astir, set fire to, set on, set on fire, set up,
   shake up, sic on, snap up, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin,
   spark, startle, steam up, stimulate, stir, stir the blood,
   stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, summon forth,
   summon up, thrill, tickle, turn on, vex, vitalize, wake, wake up,
   waken, wangle, wangle out of, warm, warm the blood, warn, whet,
   whip up, winkle out, work into, work up, worm out, worm out of,
   zip up

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