ROUSE

• (verb) cause to become awake or conscious

  "He was roused by the drunken men in the street", "Please wake me at 6 AM."

  synonyms : arouse , awaken , wake , wake up , waken

• (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

  "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

  synonyms : agitate , charge , charge up , commove , excite , turn on

• (verb) force or drive out

  "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

  synonyms : drive out , force out , rout out

• (verb) become active

  "He finally bestirred himself"

  synonyms : bestir

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