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Having power to awaken or excite; exciting. I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me. Milton.

In a rousing manner.

That carouses; relating to a carouse.

In the manner of a carouser.

A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.

A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger. -- Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge, a co…

Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.

The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused. Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare.

Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv.

Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron.

in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey. Prior.

in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.

And the duke himself, I dare not say distempered, But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing. Massinger.

ne; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. Bacon.

Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. -- Ex*cit"ing*ly, adv. Exciting causes (Med.), those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes.

A waking up or arousing. [Obs.] Holland

A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] Hallywell.

A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call. [Obs.] Shak. Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head. Drayton.

Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. Competency is the most incentive to industry. Dr. H. More.