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rouse

Syllabification: (rouse)
Pronunciation: /rouz/

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Definition of rouse

verb

[with object]
  • 1bring out of sleep; awaken:she was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder
  • [no object] cease to sleep or to be inactive; wake up:she roused, took off her eyepads, and looked around
  • startle out of inactivity; cause to become active:once the enemy camp was roused, they would move on the castle she’d just stay a few more minutes, then rouse herself and go back
  • startle (game) from a lair or cover.
  • Nautical, archaic haul (something) vigorously in the specified direction:rouse the cable out
  • 2cause to feel angry or excited:the crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race
  • cause or give rise to (an emotion or feeling):his evasiveness roused my curiosity
  • 3stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing):rouse the beer as the hops are introduced

Derivatives

rousable

adjective

rouser

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (originally as a hawking and hunting term): probably from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin

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