arouse | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
(verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up |
(verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: stir |