[ raʊz ]
■ verb
1》 bring out of sleep; awaken.
↘cease to sleep; wake up.
2》 bring out of inactivity.
3》 excite; provoke: his evasiveness ~d my curiosity.
4》 stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing).
Derivatives
rousable adjective
~r noun
Origin
ME (orig. as a hawking and hunting term): prob. from Anglo-Norman Fr., of unknown origin.