Definitions
1.verbTo wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
2.verbTo cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.)."to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions"
3.verbTo provoke (someone) to action or anger.
4.verbTo cause to start from a covert or lurking place."to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase"
5.verbTo pull by main strength; to haul.
6.verbTo raise; to make erect.
7.verb(when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise."He roused on her for being late yet again."
8.nounThe act by which somebody or something is roused.
9.adjectiveThat rouses or excites."rousing music"