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            "mean": "(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings).\nto arouse compassion, jealousy, or anger\n1907 August, Robert W Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, \u2192OCLC:\u201cMy tastes,\u201d he said, still smiling, \u201cincline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.\u201d And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: \u201cI prefer a farandole to a nocturne\u2009; I'd rather have a painting than an etching\u2009; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;\u00a0.\u201d\n1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:She removed Stranleigh\u2019s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.\n1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, \u2192ISBN, page 96:His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him."
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            "mean": "(transitive) To sexually stimulate.\n2006, Donald J. Young, Dancing by the Shore, page 12:  grinding against their partners like burlesque performers, which even in parody Terry found erotic\u2014reminding him of the Persian belly dancer he'd seen at the college, whose sensual dancing aroused him despite her claim of high art.",
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            "mean": "(transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.\n1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:He kenned not whether it was devil or mortal, but flung himself on the roadside and lay like a corp for an hour or more, till the rain aroused him.\n1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America.\nI have no idea who you are, but I thank you for arousing me."
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