Dictionary entry

Rouse (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rouse, v. i. 1. To get or start up; to rise.

Night's black agents to their preys do rouse. Shak.

2. To awake from sleep or repose.

Morpheus rouses from his bed. Pope.

3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.