verb
1.
Synonyms: wake 1, awake, rouse, stir, waken
2.
Synonyms: stir 1, arouse, bestir, challenge, kindle, rally, rouse, wake, waken, whet
Related Word: fire, inflame; alert
Idioms: stir the feelings ( or blood) of
Contrasted words: arrest, check, retard, subdue; calm, compose, restrain