[rouz] 
,verb, roused, rous⋅ing, noun | 1. | to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words. |
| 2. | to stir or incite to strong indignation or anger. |
| 3. | to cause (game) to start from a covert or lair. |
| 4. | Nautical. to pull by main strength; haul. |
| 5. | to come out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, apathy, depression, etc. |
| 6. | to start up from a covert or lair, as game. |
| 7. | a rousing. |
| 8. | a signal for rousing; reveille. |
[rou-zid-nis] , noun [rouz] ,| 1. | Archaic. a carouse. |
| 2. | Obsolete. a bumper of liquor. |
| rouse (rouz) v. roused, rous·ing, rous·es v. tr.
[Middle English rousen, to shake the feathers: used of a hawk, perhaps from Old French reuser, ruser, to repel, push back, from Vulgar Latin *recūsāre, from Latin, to refuse; see recuse.] rous'er n. |