Both Uses of
rouse
in
The Scarlet Letter
- But I could imagine, even then, that, under some excitement which should go deeply into his consciousness—roused by a —trumpet's peal, loud enough to awaken all of his energies that were not dead, but only slumbering—he was yet capable of flinging off his infirmities like a sick man's gown, dropping the staff of age to seize a battle-sword, and starting up once more a warrior.†
p. 22.2
- The neighbourhood would begin to rouse itself.†
p. 140.0 *
Definition:
to awaken, make more active, or excite