2. Adjective. That or who arouses or arouse. ¹
3. Noun. (rare) An act or occurrence in which something is aroused ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arousing
1. arouse [v] - See also: arouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arousing
Literary usage of Arousing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"ELEVENTH CHAPTER arousing THE EMOTIONS: PERSUASION "In the orator a wide range
of knowledge ... The volition must be secured through arousing the emotions. ..."
2. American Problems of Reconstruction: A National Symposium on the Economic by Elisha Michael Friedman (1918)
"D. Difficulty of arousing the National Consciousness.—In spite of the fact that
there was a real and tangible danger in our state of ..."
3. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"A campaign for the purpose of arousing public sentiment for the better protection
of our national parks would be timely, since these with their natural ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Provincial for America, resides in San Francisco. thoroughly believed in play
as a means of arousing childish curiosity—more than this, ..."
5. Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business by Katherine Melvina Huntsinger Blackford, Arthur Newcomb (1916)
"... other human being in the world and that he is more interested in human beings
than he is in anything else. This is the key to the arousing of interest. ..."
6. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"... (c) self-exhibiting (lyric poetry, bodily decoration, the dance, as arousing
or appealing to sexual or martial emotions, &c. ; Gross). ..."
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