1. (v.t.)rouse to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, etc.
2. rouse to stir or incite to strong indignation or anger.
3. rouse to cause (game) to start from a covert or lair.
4. rouse Naut. to pull by main strength; haul.
5. (v.i.)rouse to come out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, apathy, etc.
6. (n.)rouse a rousing.
7. rouse a signal for rousing; reveille.
Etymology: (1480–90, in sense “(of a hawk) to shake the feathers”; orig. uncert.)
Definition of 'rouse'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)bestir, rouse become active "He finally bestirred himself"
2. (verb)rout out, drive out, force out, rouse force or drive out "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
3. (verb)agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up cause to be agitated, excited, or roused "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
4. (verb)awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse cause to become awake or conscious "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
Definition of 'rouse'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)rouse a bumper in honor of a toast or health
2. (noun)rouse a carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic
3. rouse to pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances
4. rouse to cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase
5. rouse to wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly
6. rouse to excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions
7. rouse to put in motion; to stir up; to agitate
8. rouse to raise; to make erect
9. (verb)rouse to get or start up; to rise
10. (verb)rouse to awake from sleep or repose
11. (verb)rouse to be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention
Definitions of rouse 
Afrikaans: wakker maak
Arabic: يوقِظ
Bulgarian: събуждам (се)
Brazilian: acordar
Czech: vzbudit se
German: aufwecken
Danish: vække
Greek: ξυπνώ
Spanish: despertar
Estonian: äratama
Farsi: از خواب بیدار شدن
Finnish: herättää
French: réveiller
Hebrew: לְהַעִיר
Hindi: जागना
Croatian: probuditi (se)
Hungarian: felébreszt
Indonesian: membangunkan
Icelandic: vekja
Italian: svegliare
Japanese: 起こす
Korean: 깨우다
Lithuanian: pažadinti
Latvian: pamodināt
Malay: membangunkan
Dutch: wekken
Norwegian: vekke; våkne
Polish: zbudzić
Persian: از خواب بیدار شدن
Pashto: له خوبه ویښیدل
Portuguese: acordar
Romanian: a trezi
Russian: будить
Slovak: zobudiť sa
Slovenian: zbuditi
Serbian: probuditi
Swedish: väcka
Thai: ปลุก
Turkish: uyandırmak
Taiwanese: 喚醒
Ukrainian: будити
Urdu: جگانا یا اٹھانا
Vietnamese: đánh thức
Chinese: 唤醒
