rouser

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rouse

(rouz)

v. roused, rous·ing, rous·es

v.tr.

1. To wake (someone) up.

2. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up. See Synonyms at provoke.

3. To give rise to; bring about: an ad that roused my curiosity; a book that roused a furor.

v.intr.

1. To awaken.

2. To become active, attentive, or excited.

[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.

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rouser

(ˈraʊzə)

1. a person or thing that rouses people, such as a stirring speech or compelling rock song

2. (in combination): rabble-rouser.

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Noun

rouser - someone who rouses others from sleep

arouser, waker

attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

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