arousing








[ad_1] verb (used with object), a·roused, a·rous·ing.
  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: The footsteps aroused the dog.

verb (used without object), a·roused, a·rous·ing.

  1. to awake or become aroused: At dawn the farmers began to arouse.

verb

  1. (tr) to evoke or elicit (a reaction, emotion, or response); stimulate
  2. to awaken from sleep
v.

1590s, “awaken” (transitive), from a- (1) “on” + rouse. Related: Aroused; arousing.

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