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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 
 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