rouse

ROUSE, verb transitive rouz. [This word, written also arouse, seems to belong to the family of raise or rush. See Raise.]1. To wake from sleep or repose. Genesis 49:9.2. To excite to thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity or inattention.3. To put into action; to agitate.Blust'ring winds that rous'd the sea.4. To drive a beast from his den or place of rest.ROUSE, verb intransitive 1. To awake from sleep or repose.Morpheus rouses from his bed.2. To be excited to thought or action from a state of indolence, sluggishness, languor or inattention.ROUSE, verb intransitive In seamen's language, to pull together upon a cable, etc. without the assistance of tackles or other mechanical power.ROUSE, noun rouz.A full glass of liquor; a bumper in honor of a health. obsolete