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| NOUN: | 1. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace: agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar. Informal : flap, to-do. See CALM, ORDER. 2. The act or process of moving: motion, move, movement. See MOVE. 3. A condition of intense public interest or excitement: brouhaha, sensation, uproar. Informal : to-do. Slang : hoo-hah. See EXCITE. 4. Agitated, excited movement and activity: bustle, flurry, whirl, whirlpool. See CALM. | | VERB: | 1. To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion). Also used with up: arouse, awake, awaken, kindle, raise, rouse, waken. See EXCITE. 2. To be the cause of. Also used with up: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect) , give rise to. See START. 3. To arouse the emotions of; make ardent: animate, enkindle, fire, impassion, inspire, kindle. See EXCITE. 4. To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous: admix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, commix, fuse, intermingle, intermix, merge, mingle, mix. See ASSEMBLE. 5. To impart slight movement to: budge, move. See MOVE. 6. To make a slight movement: budge, move. See MOVE. 7. To cease sleeping: arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake1, waken. See AWARENESS.
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