arouse (
http://definr.com/arouse)
v 1: call forth; of 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,
stir,
call down,
bring up,
put forward, {call
forth}]
4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
me" [syn:
stimulate,
brace,
energize,
energise, {perk
up}] [ant:
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]