Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ROUSE, v.t. [rouz; This word, written also arouse, seems to belong to the family of raise or rush. See Raise. In Sax. hrysan, to shake and to rush; Goth. hrisyan, to shake.]

1. To wake from sleep or repose. Gen. xlix.
2. To excite to thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity or inattention. Addison. Atterbury.
3. To put into action; to agitate. Blust'ring winds that rous'd the sea. Milton.
4. To drive a beast from his den or place of rest. Denham. Pope.