verb [VN]
1 to make sb have a particular feeling or attitude:
to arouse sb's interest / curiosity / anger * Her strange behaviour aroused our suspicions. * Fox-hunting still succeeds in arousing a great deal of controversy.
2 to make sb feel sexually excited
3 to make you feel more active and want to start doing sth:
The whole community was aroused by the crime.
4 ~ sb (from sth) (formal) to wake sb from sleep
seealsoROUSE
arousal noun [U]:
emotional / sexual arousal
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