Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes.
--Spenser.
Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound.
--Pope.
2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or
suddenly.
3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of
idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to
rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in
Christendom. --Atterbury.
4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused
the sea. --Milton.
5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.