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rouse
verb roused, rousing
    1. To arouse or awaken oneself or someone else from sleep, listlessness or lethargy.
      Thesaurus: awaken, arise, stir, wake, call, summon.
    intr
    2. To awaken or become more fully conscious or alert.
    3. To excite or provoke.
      Example: the injustice of it roused her anger
      Thesaurus: stimulate, move, excite, provoke, incite, instigate, inflame, whip up, exhilarate; Antonym: calm.
    intr
    4. To become excited, provoked, etc.
    5. To bring (game) out from cover or a lair.
Derivative: rouser
noun
    Derivative: rousing
    adj
      Stirring; exciting.
        Thesaurus: lively, spirited, vivacious, animated, active, dynamic, vigorous, brisk; Antonym: dull, sluggish, slow.
    Derivative: rousingly
    adverb
      Etymology: 15c, in the sense (said of a hawk) ‘to ruffle or shake the feathers'.



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