arouse

(v. t.)
To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
  

Verb
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
(synonym) elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) strike a chord, touch a chord
(derivation) arousal, rousing
2. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
(synonym) wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
(hypernym) change state, turn
(entail) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
(derivation) arousal
3. evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
(synonym) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, bring up, put forward, call forth
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
(verb-group) provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
4. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
(synonym) stimulate, brace, energize, energise, perk up
(hypernym) affect
(hyponym) cathect
5. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
(synonym) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) reawaken
(derivation) waker, rouser, arouser
6. to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
(synonym) stir
(hypernym) move
7. stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
(synonym) sex, excite, turn on, wind up
(hypernym) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
(hyponym) tempt