rousing
/ˈɹaʊzɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
- To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
- To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
- To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
- To pull by main strength; to haul.
- To raise; to make erect.
- The act by which somebody or something is roused.
- That rouses or excites.
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