[verb] [T] - to wake (someone) up or make (someone) more active or excited(formal) I promised to rouse the others at 5 am.He roused himself (from a pleasant daydream) and got back to work.The speaker attempted to rouse the crowd with a cry for action.
ROUSE
Meaning of ROUSE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012