Arouse vs Getup - What's the difference?
arouse | getup |
To stimulate feelings.
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*:“?My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “?incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat?: “?I prefer a farandole to a nocturne?; I'd rather have a painting than an etching?; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;.”
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To wake from sleep or stupor.
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(chiefly, US, informal) A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
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(informal) A fight or altercation.
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(publishing) Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
As a verb arouse
is to stimulate feelings.As a noun getup is
(chiefly|us|informal) a costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.arouse
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Verb
(en-verb)Lord Stranleigh Abroad, passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.}}
See also
* arousal * arousedAnagrams
*getup
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Alternative forms
* get up * get-upNoun
(en noun)- When near the buildings I met a white man, in such an unexpected elegance of get–up that in the first moment I took him for a sort of vision.
1,200 Reading Firemen March," Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania, USA), 28 Oct. p. 4:
- The Schnitzelbank Band, each member attired in an odd getup , received many comments for the manner in which the men marched.
Worried They Will Miss the War: Inside the Mind of West Point's Class of 2009," Newsweek , 6 June:
- [A] parade of costumed cadets trots by: a shark costume, an Uncle Sam getup and three young men in form-fitting bodysuits.
Caricature Builder," Time , 21 Jan.:
- "A bully. Picked on fellows. He loved to fight. But I never saw him in a getup with a fellow his own size."