v.

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