rouse curiosity

  • 1rouse — ► VERB 1) bring or come out of sleep; awaken or wake up. 2) bring out of inactivity. 3) excite; provoke: his evasiveness roused my curiosity. ORIGIN originally as a hawking and hunting term: probably from Old French …

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  • 2rouse — [raʊz] verb 1》 bring out of sleep; awaken.     ↘cease to sleep; wake up. 2》 bring out of inactivity. 3》 excite; provoke: his evasiveness roused my curiosity. 4》 stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing). Derivatives rousable adjective rouser …

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  • 3intrigue — in·trigue || ɪn trɪːg n. conspiracy, plot, scheme; liaison, secret love affair v. rouse curiosity, fascinate; scheme, plot; engage in an illicit love affair …

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  • 4intrigued — adj. curious, interested; fascinated, attracted in·trigue || ɪn trɪːg n. conspiracy, plot, scheme; liaison, secret love affair v. rouse curiosity, fascinate; scheme, plot; engage in an illicit love affair …

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  • 5intrigues — in·trigue || ɪn trɪːg n. conspiracy, plot, scheme; liaison, secret love affair v. rouse curiosity, fascinate; scheme, plot; engage in an illicit love affair …

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  • 6intriguing — in tri·guing || ɪn trɪːgɪŋ adj. fascinating, curious; provocative in a troublesome manner in·trigue || ɪn trɪːg n. conspiracy, plot, scheme; liaison, secret love affair v. rouse curiosity, fascinate; scheme, plot; engage in an illicit… …

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  • 7Joseph Louis Lagrange — Lagrange redirects here. For other uses, see Lagrange (disambiguation). Joseph Louis Lagrange Joseph Louis (Giuseppe Lodovico), comte de Lagrange …

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  • 8provoke — 1 Provoke, excite, stimulate, pique, quicken, galvanize can all mean to rouse one into doing or feeling something or to call something into existence by so rousing a person. Provoke stresses a power in the agent or agency sufficient to produce… …

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  • 9number game — Introduction       any of various puzzles and games that involve aspects of mathematics.       Mathematical recreations comprise puzzles and games that vary from naive amusements to sophisticated problems, some of which have never been solved.… …

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  • 10Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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