arouse

«arouse» in Mova's school dictionary: to cause it, like interest, curiosity, anger or suspicion — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (arouse, arouses, aroused, arousing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To arouse a feeling is to cause it, like interest, curiosity, anger or suspicion. tree →

2) (literary) To arouse someone is to wake them up. tree →

3) (adult) Grown-ups also use it in a sense that is not for school. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and formal writing: «arouse suspicion», «arouse curiosity», «arouse interest». It tells the reader that something started a feeling.

examples

• The strange noise aroused our curiosity. tree →
• His nervous face aroused the detective's suspicion. tree →
• The new library aroused a lot of interest. tree →
• The unfair rule aroused anger among the pupils. tree →
• She was aroused from sleep by the barking dog. tree →
• The trailer aroused excitement for the film. tree →
• Still the king's curiosity was so aroused that he would not give way. tree →

note

Regular verb. Usually used with feelings: «arouse suspicion». Not the same as «rouse» (to wake someone or stir them to act), though close. Because of the adult sense, use with feelings («arouse curiosity») rather than about people.

In the corpora

• Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused out of His holy habitation.
• Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
• As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «arouse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.