Arouse \A*rouse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aroused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arousing}.] [Pref. a- + rouse.] 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.
Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper.
No suspicion was aroused. --Merivale.
He called the situation "extremely deplorable" and said the developments would arouse the concern of the U.S. government and people.
Gone are the days when a demagogue over Cairo Radio could arouse the Arab masses against their own governments.
Their only doubt concerned the possibility that Mr. Gorbachev might not survive the opposition that his reforms would arouse and that the whole process might be reversed.
Minneapolis enacted an ordinance in February making it illegal to use offensive language, grab or follow someone if it "reasonably tends to arouse alarm or anger."
Although the SEC was aware of the sting, its suspension didn't arouse any suspicion, according to Mr. Pence, because the regulators often halt trading in fast-rising penny stocks.
They recruit the world's nicest hospital staff and arouse Leonard's interest with a girl sweet enough to live up to the name of the actress who portrays her: Penelope Ann Miller.
Ann Mosely Lesch of Villanova University, for example, cautioned that war against Iraq "would arouse widespread popular opposition" in Egypt.
While the Coal Board's retail properties attracted the most investor interest, the sale of the Watergate is expected to arouse the most public curiosity.
The issue is likely to arouse much interest among investors, analysts say.
On the one hand, Microsoft's dominance of the computer software industry is on a scale calculated to arouse the old US trust-busting instinct.
Local government treasurers and local taxpayers, however, arouse more sympathy in Congress. Charles County faced a cash crisis as a consequence of the trades.
While, of course, "no one had even mentioned Robert Bork," Mr. Neas and his allies shortly had matters sorted out, with specific lobbyists targeted to arouse specific special interests.
Even the British pound's strength in the currency markets failed to arouse much enthusiasm for U.K. government bonds, known as gilts.
Musavi warned the United States "that its latest crime against the Iranian people would only further arouse the abhorrence of (Iranians) against Washington," according to IRNA.
For reasons that are hard to fathom, airlines arouse much the same sensitivity as national currencies; so much so that the prospect of full cabotage rights ever being accepted seemed inconceivable until quite recently.
They said Khomeini was bent on using the Rushdie affair to arouse public sentiment, hoping to improve unfavorable political conditions at home.
But their names and their works still arouse strong emotions in this Jewish state, which served as a refuge for hundreds of thousands of survivors of the Nazi Holocaust.
Mr. Front said an increase in business payrolls of 300,000 or more would be viewed as economic strength that would arouse speculation that the Federal Reserve Board will tighten credit further.
He was talking about Gatt - the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. These four letters often arouse a certain madness - catatonia, hysterical boredom, and even a complaint known as Gatt-rejection syndrome.
The critical question is whether government actions will become so egregious that they arouse public opinion against Mr. Roh.
A genuine accident in the U.S. normally will arouse at least one group of ecologists to fever-pitch activity.
On another level, Mr. Lyubimov used theater to arouse his audience's political consciousness.
The women want to arouse international indignation to put pressure on Turkey.
Elsewhere in Canada, where business is regarded with suspicion, political statements by business leaders might arouse hostility.
"What we hope to accomplish with the play is arouse the compassion of the public to voice their concern for the hostages and urge the president to make their release a priority," said Pamela Courtney, who wrote the play.