Meaning & use
arouse
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To awaken or stir up a feeling, response, or state, or to wake someone from sleep.
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The strange noise aroused his suspicion.
Loud thunder aroused the baby from her nap.
A note on using this word
Also commonly used specifically to mean stirring sexual desire, an extension of its broader meaning of stirring any feeling.
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2. verb
To stimulate someone sexually.
The song's lyrics were meant to arouse.
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