RhymeZone: arouse definitions

Definitions of arouse:

verb: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Example: "Arouse pity"
verb: stimulate sexually
Example: "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
verb: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
verb: cause to be alert and energetic
verb: stop sleeping
verb: cause to become awake or conscious
verb: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic