transitive. To establish, originate, bring about, or set going (a state or condition of things, esp. one which causes trouble or annoyance); to…

To rouse into activity, arouse, excite, stir up.

To cause (a person or, in later use also, animal) to become irritated, exasperated, or mildly angry… transitive. In passive use, as in they were annoy…

transitive. To rouse or excite feeling in (a person); to affect with emotion, esp. with tender feeling or compassion; to stir (the feelings…

To rouse, awaken. To call forth or quicken (a faculty, feeling, etc.) from potential into actual existence; to rouse up, awaken (what is dormant…

transitive. To cause, originate (a feeling, a sentiment, a sensation, etc.).

transitive. figurative (chiefly poetic). To arouse or excite (a person, emotion, etc.) in a way which resembles the starting of a fire; to kindle.

To excite, occasion. To excite or provoke (passion); to prompt, evoke or occasion (anger, hatred, affection, suspicion, also †laughter, fear…

transitive. To excite, stir up, arouse (a feeling or action); to give rise to, call forth, prompt.

transitive. = provoke, v., in various senses.

transitive. To instil with (courage); to cause, produce (a feeling). Obsolete. rare.

To excite, provoke, induce; to raise, set on foot (strife, disturbance, etc.); to arouse (feeling or emotion): cf. sense 9.

= excite, v.

To ‘breathe in’ or infuse (a feeling, thought, principle, etc.) into the mind or soul. Const. †to (obs… gen. To infuse (something) into the mind; to…

To give rise to, cause, occasion (a state or feeling). Now rare.

transitive. Perhaps: to excite, rouse. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To stir up, incite, inflame (an emotion or emotional reaction). In early use chiefly with up.

To stimulate to expression or action; to provoke or excite; to increase or intensify.

figurative. To inflame, excite, ‘kindle’ (passion or ardent feeling). Obsolete.

To excite, rouse. rare.

To rouse, stir up, excite.

To stir up, excite, provoke, give rise to (an action, feeling, etc.); to excite to greater intensity, heighten, aggravate. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To rouse into activity; to stir up, excite; kindle (desire, anxiety, interest, attention, etc.); in Theology to arouse to…

transitive. To indulge, enliven, or gratify (a feeling or personal quality). Obsolete.

transitive. To stimulate or provoke (a person) to action, esp. by arousing jealousy, etc.; to arouse (a feeling, esp. curiosity or interest)…

To stir up into activity, excite (principles of action, emotions, etc.).

transitive. To undo the lulling of; to excite, stir up.

transitive. To rouse into activity; to put to work or effect; to exercise. Also: to give effectiveness to; to endow with the capacity to do…

To call up (spirits) from the dead, (events) from past times.

transferred and figurative. To call (a feeling, faculty, manifestation, etc.) into being or activity. Also, To call up (a memory) from the past.

transitive. To excite, motivate; to send a positive feeling or ‘vibe’ to. Usually with up.