To stir up, move, disturb, excite, physically or emotionally.

To excite to feeling, emotion, or passion; to ‘move’, affect.

To bring into activity, to excite, arouse.

transitive. To inspire with desire or passion; to excite.

To cause to glow with enthusiasm. zeal, etc.; to kindle, inflame, excite, animate. Obsolete.

transitive. To arouse, animate, stimulate; = raise, v.1 7. Also with up. Obsolete.

transitive. To give or add vigour or cheer to (the mind, spirit, etc.); to lift, rouse, or stir up. In later use esp. in to raise a person's spirits.

To move in mind or feeling, stir to emotion, rouse to passion; to excite. (After 1500 almost exclusively Scottish.)

figurative. transitive. To incite, inflame, or stir up (a person, mind, thought, etc.); to make ardent or eager. Frequently with to, †in.

? transitive ? To excite, stimulate. Obsolete.

transitive. To move strongly, excite.

transitive. To fill with desire; = entalent, v.

figurative. To ‘move’; to rouse the feelings of, agitate; to urge, press. Obsolete.

figurative from senses 4, 5. To rouse, stir up, excite, embolden (the mind, oneself). Obsolete.

figurative. To set on fire with passion, strong feeling, or desire; to excite passionately.

to set on gog, to stir up, excite, make eager; also to set (put) in such a gog for (or of). to be upon the gog of, to be eager for.

figurative. transitive. To afflict, assail, or verbally attack (a person or thing); to be an irritation to. Also: to stir to activity, to excite…

With up: To stir up, arouse by tickling, excite to action.

transferred and figurative. To inflame the ardour, rage, or cupidity of (a person) by a foretaste of success or gratification (cf. flush, v.2 10)…

transitive. To stir up, rouse, excite.

transitive. To stir up, incite to action, spur on; to bring to a state of excitement or heightened emotion. Also with up. Without construction.

In various figurative uses. To render eager or zealous; to rouse from indifference, esp. to put (an audience) into a receptive mood. Also absol.…

transitive. To disturb, perturb, or stir up (the mind, emotions, etc.).

transitive. To infuse spirit, life, energy, or vigour into (a person, or his or her attributes); to animate, encourage, embolden. Also with up, ag…

To raise (a person) out of inactivity; to exalt the condition of.

transitive. To cause to ferment; to leaven.

transitive. To prick or stir up; to incite, rouse. Obsolete.

transitive. To rouse, stir, excite (a person's spirits, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To act on the feelings of; to agitate, excite; to move, rouse into or to a specified emotional state, esp. excitement. Also reflexive…

transitive. To stir up (the humours, spirits, etc.); to quicken (the breathing); to set in motion (the blood); to excite.

transitive. To rouse, excite, or agitate (a person or person's nature). Obsolete.

To inflame with pride or passion; to animate, encourage; also with up; rarely, †to initiate in. Cf. flesh, v. 2c, which has influenced the sense.

transitive. To make keen or sharp; to sharpen, stimulate, excite.

transferred and figurative. To work up into a ferment or agitation; to excite, stir up.

transitive. To agitate, excite (a person, the mind, etc.); to move, rouse to or into a particular state or condition, esp. of heightened emotion…

transitive. To stimulate or provoke (a person) to action, esp. by arousing jealousy, etc.; to arouse (a feeling, esp. curiosity or interest)…

transitive. figurative. To excite, arouse, or startle (a person), as if by an electric charge or shock. Also intransitive.

transitive. To stir up; to rouse or enliven (a person). Now rare.

transitive (from sense 6a). To work up as with a pump; to arouse, excite (originally an emotion, now frequently a person). Also reflexive. Cf. pumped…

transitive. figurative. To stimulate, motivate, encourage, rouse; to stir the emotions or feelings of. Also: to prompt or remind (a person) to do…

In modern use: To move to strong emotion, stir to passion; to stir up to eager tumultuous feeling, whether pleasurable or painful. Also intransitive…

transitive. To stimulate, raise to a high pitch; to cause to be excited or tense. Cf. keyed-up at keyed, adj. 5.

To generate or produce steam for mechanical purposes: said of an engine or boiler. to steam up, to turn on steam or set it working; hence figurative.

transitive. To excite or thrill (a person); to stimulate or intoxicate; to agitate. Also with up. Frequently in passive.

Colloquial with up. To rouse or excite (a person), esp. to anger; to agitate, upset.

transitive. To charge (something) as with electricity; to energize; to shock.

transitive. With up. To stimulate, excite. U.S. colloquial.

transitive. To fill with enthusiasm, passion, anger, etc.; to stimulate, excite.

transitive. With up. To excite or stimulate (a person); to make (a person) nervous or jittery. Cf. geeked, adj. 1.