Definition of roused:
(v) :
(transitive) To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.
(v) :
To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
(v) :
To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
(v) :
(intransitive) To be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
(n) :
(military, British and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
(v) :
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.