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The relation of arouse to rouse is much like that of arise to rise, i.e. rouse is almost always preferred in the literal sense with a person or animal as object. Arouse is chiefly used to mean 'to call into being' with reference to feelings and emotions. Generally, if you rouse someone you wake them or stir them into activity; if you arouse them, you excite them or make them angry or suspicious:

The word 'theory' has always aroused suspicion amongst the English, who see themselves as practical people and sound empiricists—B. Bergonzi, 1990

About five o'clock we were roused by the distant thudding of an engine—S. Stewart, 1991.

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verb

1. To cease sleeping: awake, awaken, rouse, stir, wake, waken. See awareness/unawareness.
2. To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion): awake, awaken, kindle, raise, rouse, stir, waken. See excite/bore/interest.

v

Definition: cause
Antonyms: allay

v

Definition: excite
Antonyms: turn off

v

Definition: excite, entice
Antonyms: bore, calm, lull, quiet

v

Definition: stir up
Antonyms: pacify

v

Definition: wake
Antonyms: put to sleep, send to sleep

A readiness response; a state of readiness to make behavioral responses.

For a list of words related to arousal, see:

• Anatomy and Physiology of Sex - arousal: condition in which there are physiological signs of sexual stimulation, such as erection

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fremkalde, vække, få til at vågne, tænde
v. intr. - vågne, vågne op

Nederlands (Dutch)
oproepen, activeren, wakker schudden, opwinden, aansporen, provoceren

Français (French)
v. tr. - éveiller, réveiller, susciter, exciter, provoquer, stimuler, pousser à agir, secouer
v. intr. - se réveiller, s'animer

Deutsch (German)
v. - erwecken, aufwecken, erregen, aufwachen, erwachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αφυπνίζω, διεγείρω, εξάπτω

Italiano (Italian)
eccitare, stimolare, suscitare, svegliare, svegliarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acordar, despertar, provocar

Русский (Russian)
будить, пробуждать, вызывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - suscitar, provocar, despertar
v. intr. - despertarse, espabilarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - uppväcka, liva upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唤起, 激起...的情欲, 激动, 使奋发, 叫醒, 发奋, 醒来

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 喚起, 激起...的情欲, 激動, 使奮發, 叫醒
v. intr. - 發奮, 激動, 醒來

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 깨우다, 자극하다, 환기시키다
v. intr. - 눈을 뜨다, 각성하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 呼び起こす, 刺激する, 起こす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوقظ, يثير, يستحث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עורר, העיר, דרבן לפעולה‬
v. intr. - ‮התעורר‬

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