What is the meaning of arouse?

verb

• Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses. )
  • usage: "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
  • synonyms: elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
• Stop sleeping.
  • usage: "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
  • synonyms: wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
• Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
  • usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  • synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, bring up, put forward, call forth
• Cause to be alert and energetic.
  • usage: "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
  • synonyms: stimulate, brace, energize, energise, perk up
• Cause to become awake or conscious.
  • usage: "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
  • synonyms: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: stir
• Stimulate sexually.
  • usage: "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
  • synonyms: sex, excite, turn on, wind up