From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arouse \A*rouse"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper.
No suspicion was aroused. --Merivale.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "arousing": aggravation, agitation, animation, aphrodisiac, aphroditous, arousal, educible, eductive, electrification, elicitory, eradicative, eroticizing, evocative, exacerbation, exacting, exactive, exasperation, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, extortionary, extortionate, extortive, extractive, fomentation, galvanization, incitement, inflammation, infuriation, irritation, lathering up, perturbation, provocation, steaming up, stimulating, stimulation, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, uprooting, venereal, whipping up, working up
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