arouse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  2. verb stop sleeping
  3. verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Etymology

From a- + rouse.

In classic literature

Synonyms

elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

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