[f. next + -AL 2.] The action of arousing, or fact of being aroused.
[Not in Craig, 1847. Webster cites Hare.]
1854. trans. Lamartine’s Celebr. Char., II. 122. The sudden arousal of the Dauphin by her voice.
1865. Mrs. Whitney, Gayworthys, II. 22. Listening to the sounds of arousal about the country side.
