Definitions of arouse:

• verb:   call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

  Example: "Arouse pity"

• verb:   stimulate sexually

  Example: "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

• verb:   to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
• verb:   cause to be alert and energetic
• verb:   stop sleeping
• verb:   cause to become awake or conscious
• verb:   evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic