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Rouseandarouseare both used in formal contexts.Arousemeans ‘make someone have a particular feeling’:
Both lecturersarouseda lot of interest in the subject of geology.
Rousemeans ‘wake someone up’ or ‘make someone active’:
The goalrousedthe supporters and they began to really get behind the team.(get behindmeans ‘support’)
We also userouseas a reflexive verb:
She finallyrousedherself at lunchtime and got out of bed.