rouse Copy link • rouse: v. arouse. Phr.: a r.ing style of speaking, fervidum genus dicendi, Cic. Brut. 68, 241: a r.ing harangue. Join: incitata et vehemens oratio, ib. 24, 93: for the sake of r.ing the audience, instigationis auditorum causa, Auct. ad Her. 2, 30, 47.