rouse (rouses 3rd person present) (rousing present participle) (roused past tense & past participle )
1 verb If someone rouses you when you are sleeping or if you rouse, you wake up.
LITERARY
(=wake)
Hilton roused him at eight-thirty by rapping on the door... V n
When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn't quite rouse. V
2 verb If you rouse yourself, you stop being inactive and start doing something.
She seemed to be unable to rouse herself to do anything... V pron-refl to-inf
He roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him... V pron-refl from n
3 verb If something or someone rouses you, they make you very emotional or excited.
He did more to rouse the crowd there than anybody else... V n
Ben says his father was good-natured, a man not quickly roused to anger or harsh opinions. be V-ed to n
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rousing adj usu ADJ n
(=stirring)
...a rousing speech to the convention in support of the president.
4 verb If something rouses a feeling in you, it causes you to have that feeling.
It roused a feeling of rebellion in him... V n