"arouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈɹaʊz/ Audio: en-us-arouse.ogg Forms: arouses [present, singular, third-person], arousing [participle, present], aroused [participle, past], aroused [past]
Rhymes: -aʊz Etymology: From a- + rouse. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|rouse}} a- + rouse Head templates: {{en-verb}} arouse (third-person singular simple present arouses, present participle arousing, simple past and past participle aroused)
  1. (transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: animate, energize, inspire, enliven
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  2. (transitive) To sexually stimulate. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: sex up, turn on, sexually stimulate
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  3. (transitive) To sexually stimulate.
    (transitive, euphemistic) To cause an erection of the penis or other physical signs of sexual arousal, such as fluid secretion.
    Tags: euphemistic, transitive Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: sex up, turn on, sexually stimulate
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  4. (transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: bring round, wake up, awaken Translations (to awaken): despertar (Catalan), desvetllar (Catalan), herättää (Finnish), wachmachen (German), aufwecken (German), aus dem Schlaf holen (German), wachkriegen (German), wachrütteln (German), erwecken (German), αφυπνίζω (afypnízo) (Greek), ébreszt (Hungarian), felébreszt (Hungarian), kelt (Hungarian), felkelt (Hungarian), risvegliare (Italian), svegliare (Italian), whakahiwa (Maori), whakaara (Maori), whakaoho (Maori), budzić [imperfective] (Polish), obudzić [perfective] (Polish), despertar (Portuguese), пробужда́ть (probuždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пробуди́ть (probudítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), बोधयति (bodhayati) (Sanskrit), beothaich (Scottish Gaelic), despertar (Spanish), despabilar (Spanish), espabilar (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arousable, arousement, arouser, arousometer, rearouse Related terms: arousal, aroused Translations (to sexually stimulate): գրգռել (grgṙel) (Armenian), възбуждам (vǎzbuždam) (Bulgarian), excitar (Catalan), opwinden (Dutch), amorveki (Esperanto), kiihottaa (Finnish), émoustiller (French), exciter (French), arreitar (Galician), აღგზნება (aɣgzneba) (Georgian), erregen (German), reizen (German), aufreizen (German), ερεθίζω (erethízo) (Greek), διεγείρω (diegeíro) (Greek), felizgat (Hungarian), izgalomba hoz (Hungarian), eccitare (Italian), arrapare (Italian), 興奮する (kōfun suru) (Japanese), 자극하다 (jageukhada) (Korean), tore (Maori), pīkoikoi (english: referring to a woman) (Maori), tenne (Norwegian), pobudzać [imperfective] (Polish), pobudzić [perfective] (Polish), podniecać [imperfective] (Polish), podniecić [perfective] (Polish), provocar (Portuguese), excitar (Portuguese), arreitar (Portuguese), возбужда́ть (vozbuždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), возбуди́ть (vozbudítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), узбудити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), uzbuditi [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), excitar (Spanish), encalabrinar (Spanish), збуджувати (zbudžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), збудити (zbudyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian) Translations (to stimulate feelings): ὄρνυμι (órnumi) (Ancient Greek), գրգռել (grgṙel) (Armenian), събуждам (sǎbuždam) (Bulgarian), provocar (Catalan), opwekken (Dutch), herättää (Finnish), provocar (Galician), reizen (German), aufreizen (German), anregen (German), erregen (German), entfachen (German), erzeugen (German), auslösen (German), hervorrufen (German), ξυπνώ (xypnó) (Greek), kelt (Hungarian), ébreszt (Hungarian), spreag (Irish), eccitare (Italian), provocare (Italian), stimolare (Italian), suscitare (Italian), 자극하다 (jageukhada) (Korean), whakahiwa (Maori), nanawe (Maori), wzbudzać [imperfective] (Polish), wzbudzić [perfective] (Polish), provocar (Portuguese), incitar (Portuguese), вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́звать (výzvatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), beothaich (Scottish Gaelic), provocar (Spanish), incitar (Spanish), concitar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to sexually stimulate': 11 43 43 2 Disambiguation of 'to stimulate feelings': 33 31 31 4

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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "roman": "grgṙel",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "գրգռել"
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "събуждам"
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "opwekken"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "herättää"
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
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      "word": "reizen"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "aufreizen"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "anregen"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "erregen"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "entfachen"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "erzeugen"
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      "word": "ὄρνυμι"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "kelt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "ébreszt"
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      "word": "spreag"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "eccitare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "stimolare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "word": "suscitare"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
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      "word": "whakahiwa"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
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      "roman": "výzvatʹ",
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "word": "beothaich"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "incitar"
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      "_dis1": "33 31 31 4",
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      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "concitar"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "roman": "grgṙel",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "գրգռել"
    },
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzbuždam",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "възбуждам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "excitar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "opwinden"
    },
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "amorveki"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "kiihottaa"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "émoustiller"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "exciter"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "arreitar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣgzneba",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "აღგზნება"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "erregen"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "reizen"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "aufreizen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erethízo",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "ερεθίζω"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diegeíro",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "διεγείρω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "felizgat"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "izgalomba hoz"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "eccitare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "arrapare"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "roman": "kōfun suru",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "興奮する"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "roman": "jageukhada",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "tore"
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "pīkoikoi"
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "tenne"
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
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      "word": "pobudzać"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
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      "word": "podniecać"
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    {
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      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "excitar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "arreitar"
    },
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozbuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возбужда́ть"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozbudítʹ",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "возбуди́ть"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "узбудити"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "uzbuditi"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "excitar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "encalabrinar"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "roman": "zbudžuvaty",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "збуджувати"
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      "_dis1": "11 43 43 2",
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      "roman": "zbudyty",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
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    }
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "to arouse compassion, jealousy, or anger",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "“My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: “I prefer a farandole to a nocturne ; I'd rather have a painting than an etching ; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…].”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:",
          "text": "She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96:",
          "text": "His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To stimulate or induce (feelings)."
      ],
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        [
          "stimulate",
          "stimulate"
        ],
        [
          "induce",
          "induce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "animate"
        },
        {
          "word": "energize"
        },
        {
          "word": "inspire"
        },
        {
          "word": "enliven"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Donald J. Young, Dancing by the Shore, page 12:",
          "text": "[…] grinding against their partners like burlesque performers, which even in parody Terry found erotic—reminding him of the Persian belly dancer he'd seen at the college, whose sensual dancing aroused him despite her claim of high art.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sexually stimulate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexually",
          "sexually"
        ],
        [
          "stimulate",
          "stimulate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To sexually stimulate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sex up"
        },
        {
          "word": "turn on"
        },
        {
          "word": "sexually stimulate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English euphemisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can't wear wool underwear: it tends to arouse me at inappropriate times.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sexually stimulate.",
        "To cause an erection of the penis or other physical signs of sexual arousal, such as fluid secretion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexually",
          "sexually"
        ],
        [
          "stimulate",
          "stimulate"
        ],
        [
          "erection",
          "erection"
        ],
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "secretion",
          "secretion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To sexually stimulate.",
        "(transitive, euphemistic) To cause an erection of the penis or other physical signs of sexual arousal, such as fluid secretion."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sex up"
        },
        {
          "word": "turn on"
        },
        {
          "word": "sexually stimulate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
          "text": "He kenned not whether it was devil or mortal, but flung himself on the roadside and lay like a corp for an hour or more, till the rain aroused him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America.\nI have no idea who you are, but I thank you for arousing me."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ],
        [
          "stupor",
          "stupor"
        ],
        [
          "rouse",
          "rouse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bring round"
        },
        {
          "word": "wake up"
        },
        {
          "word": "awaken"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈɹaʊz/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊz"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grgṙel",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "գրգռել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbuždam",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "събуждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "opwekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "herättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "reizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "aufreizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "anregen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "erregen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "entfachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "erzeugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "auslösen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "hervorrufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xypnó",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "ξυπνώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "órnumi",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "ὄρνυμι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "kelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "ébreszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "spreag"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "eccitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "stimolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "suscitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jageukhada",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "자극하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "whakahiwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "nanawe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wzbudzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wzbudzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyzyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вызыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výzvatʹ",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́звать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "beothaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stimulate feelings",
      "word": "concitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grgṙel",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "գրգռել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzbuždam",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "възбуждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "excitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "opwinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "amorveki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "kiihottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "émoustiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "exciter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "arreitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣgzneba",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "აღგზნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "erregen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "reizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "aufreizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erethízo",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "ερεθίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diegeíro",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "διεγείρω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "felizgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "izgalomba hoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "eccitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "arrapare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōfun suru",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "興奮する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jageukhada",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "자극하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "tore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "referring to a woman",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "pīkoikoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "tenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pobudzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pobudzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podniecać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podniecić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "excitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "arreitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozbuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возбужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozbudítʹ",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возбуди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "узбудити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uzbuditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "excitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "word": "encalabrinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbudžuvaty",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "збуджувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbudyty",
      "sense": "to sexually stimulate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "збудити"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "despertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "desvetllar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "herättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "wachmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "aufwecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "aus dem Schlaf holen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "wachkriegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "wachrütteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "erwecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afypnízo",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "αφυπνίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "ébreszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "felébreszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "kelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "felkelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "risvegliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "svegliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "whakahiwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "whakaara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "whakaoho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "budzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obudzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "despertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "probuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пробужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "probudítʹ",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пробуди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bodhayati",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "बोधयति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "beothaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "despertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "despabilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to awaken",
      "word": "espabilar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arouse"
}

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