Overarousal
[uh-rouz] /əˈraʊz/
verb (used with object), aroused, arousing.
1.
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
2.
to stimulate sexually.
3.
to awaken; wake up:
The footsteps aroused the dog.
verb (used without object), aroused, arousing.
4.
to awake or become aroused:
At dawn the farmers began to arouse.
/əˈraʊz/
verb
1.
(transitive) to evoke or elicit (a reaction, emotion, or response); stimulate
2.
to awaken from sleep
v.
1590s, “awaken” (transitive), from a- (1) “on” + rouse. Related: Aroused; arousing.
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