awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
(verb) cause to become awake or conscious; “He was roused by the drunken men in the street”; “Please wake me at 6 AM.”
stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
(verb) cause to be alert and energetic; “Coffee and tea stimulate me”; “This herbal infusion doesn’t stimulate”
raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; “raise the specter of unemployment”; “he conjured wild birds in the air”; “call down the spirits from the mountain”
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); “arouse pity”; “raise a smile”; “evoke sympathy”
arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
(verb) stimulate sexually; “This movie usually arouses the male audience”
arouse, stir
(verb) to begin moving; “As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
arouse (third-person singular simple present arouses, present participle arousing, simple past and past participle aroused)
To stimulate feelings.
To sexually stimulate.
(euphemism) To cause an erection of the penis or other physical signs of sexual arousal, such as fluid secretion.
To wake from sleep or stupor.
• (stimulate feelings): animate, energize, inspire; see also enliven
• (sexually stimulate): sex up, turn on; see also sexually stimulate
• (wake from sleep or stupor): rouse, wake up; see also wake or awaken
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Source: Wiktionary
A*rouse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Arousing.] Etym: [Pref. a- + rouse.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
