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Rousing

adjective

1.

Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement. Synonym: stirring. "Stirring events such as wars and rescues"

2.

Rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading.

noun

1.

The act of arousing. Synonym: arousal.

Rouse

verb

(past & past part. roused; pres. part. rousing)

1.

Become active. Synonym: bestir.

2.

Force or drive out. Synonyms: drive out, force out, rout out.

3.

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. Synonyms: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, turn on.

4.

Cause to become awake or conscious. Synonyms: arouse, awaken, wake, wake up, waken. "Please wake me at 6 AM."

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... straight-forward story, so I acknowledge the guess correct, so far, at least, as my Susan is concerned. I have said that the romance in her nature died hard; but it never died at all. This man, this almost stranger, was rousing it as warmth and light stir the sleeping asphodels of spring. The foolish Susan came to think of Mr. Falconer whenever she made her toilet—to thrill at every sight of him and at his lightest word. But this was not till ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876. • Various

... court adjourned for lunch—and the affair was just as mysterious as ever, and not a single witness had said a new thing, not a single fresh fact had been brought forward out of which a fellow could make good, rousing copy! ...

— The Herapath Property • J. S. Fletcher

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— The Voyage of the Rattletrap • Hayden Carruth

... "Hicksite" branch had become an established and respectable sect. In cities, many of them were largely engaged in Southern trade. I have heard it stated that millions of money were thus invested. They retained sympathy with the theological opinions of Elias Hicks, but his rousing remonstrances against slavery would have been generally very unwelcome to their ears. They cherished the names of Anthony Benezet, John Woolman, and a host of other departed worthies, whose labors in behalf of the colored people reflected ...

— Isaac T. Hopper • L. Maria Child

... heard nobody come in, but when she looked round she saw a gray-haired gentleman standing near the lady principal. He seemed to be listening to what she said and she thought his eyes twinkled as if he understood the difficulty of rousing her pupils' interest. This was somewhat embarrassing; but the school was famous and visitors were ...

— The Lure of the North • Harold Bindloss

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