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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-rouz
Phonetic Transcription : əˈraʊz



Definition of arouse

Origin :
  • 1590s, "awaken" (transitive), from a- (1) "on" + rouse. Related: Aroused; arousing.
  • verb excite, entice
Example sentences :
  • In fact, they are so common as to arouse little or no wonder in the minds of the people.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • Arouse all together, mes enfants, under pain of my displeasure.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She was gowned, too, with a chic nicety to arouse the envy of all less-fortunate women.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • In it we do not know the evil passions which ambition and strife are said to arouse.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Let us arouse the people; hitherto we have depended too much upon the nobles.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Since nothing of this sort had been arranged, it might arouse Marcolina's suspicions.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • This seemed to arouse Molly's curiosity, for she looked up sharply.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • But to pummel was one thing, and to arouse Mr. Ketch was another.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • This reply seemed to arouse an irrational anger in the Briton.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • But this very meekness of hers seemed to arouse all the violence in my nature.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

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