rouse

 
Pronunciation: /raʊz/

verb

[with object]
  • 1cause to stop sleeping: she was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder
  • [no object] cease to sleep or to be inactive; wake up: she roused, took off her eyepads, and looked around
  • bring out of inactivity: once the enemy camp was roused, they would move on the castle she’d just stay a few more minutes, then rouse herself and go back
  • startle (game) from a lair or cover.
  • 2make angry or excited: the crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race
  • give rise to (an emotion or feeling): his evasiveness roused my curiosity
  • 3stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing): rouse the beer as the hops are introduced

Derivatives

rousable

adjective

rouser

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (originally as a hawking and hunting term): probably from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin