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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Rouse
  2. a. Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.
  3. a. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie.
  4. adj. capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
  5. adj. rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading
  6. n. the act of arousing
  7. 1. Having power to awaken or excite; exciting. I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me. Milton. 2. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie. [Colloq.]
  8. j:100 s. capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement s. rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading