Fire
Fire verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.
Usage example: a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist
Rouse is a synonym for fire in stimulate topic. In some cases you can use "Rouse" instead a verb "Fire", when it comes to topics like light, inspire, excite.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| people | fire people | rouse people |
Both words in one sentence
- Lori cannot rouse him from his catatonia, but does manage to get him inside the vicarage and wrapped in a blanket before a fire.
Source: Heroic BSOD / Literature
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