(~s, rousing, ~d)
1.
If someone ~s you when you are sleeping or if you ~, you wake up. (LITERARY)
Hilton ~d him at eight-thirty by rapping on the door...
When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn’t quite ~.
= wake
VERB: V n, V
2.
If you ~ yourself, you stop being inactive and start doing something.
She seemed to be unable to ~ herself to do anything...
He ~d himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him...
VERB: V pron-refl to-inf, V pron-refl from n
3.
If something or someone ~s you, they make you very emotional or excited.
He did more to ~ the crowd there than anybody else...
Ben says his father was good-natured, a man not quickly ~d to anger or harsh opinions.
VERB: V n, be V-ed to n
rousing
...a rousing speech to the convention in support of the president.
= stirring
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
If something ~s a feeling in you, it causes you to have that feeling.
It ~d a feeling of rebellion in him...
VERB: V n