ENGLISH: arouse - CREOLE: eksite



Overview of verb arouse



The verb arouse has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (14) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")

2. (3) wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken -- (stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock")

3. (2) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth -- (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")

4. (2) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up -- (cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate")

5. (2) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse -- (cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.")

6. (1) arouse, stir -- (to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir")

7. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up -- (stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience")

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