/
raʊz/
v.
- bring out of sleep; awaken.
▸cease to sleep; wake up.
- bring out of inactivity.
- excite; provoke:
his evasiveness roused my curiosity.
- stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing).
Derivative
Etymology
ME (orig. as a hawking and hunting term): prob. from Anglo-Norman Fr., of unknown origin.