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    rouse
    /raʊz/

    verb

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  2. to wake someone up or make someone more active or excited: He roused himself (from a pleasant daydream) and got back to work. The speaker attempted to rouse the crowd with a cry for action. Synonyms. awake literary. awaken literary. bestir yourself formal or humorous. wake (someone) up (STOP SLEEPING) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  3. The meaning of ROUSE is to arouse from or as if from sleep or repose : awaken. How to use rouse in a sentence.

  4. Rouse definition: to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.. See examples of ROUSE used in a sentence.

  5. When someone calls out "rise and shine," they are trying to rouse you, to make you wake up. It's thought that the word rouse was originally a 15th-century term used by hawkers for the way the birds shook out their feathers when agitated.

  6. 1. to bring (oneself or another person) out of sleep, unconsciousness, etc, or (of a person) to come to consciousness in this way. 2. (tr) to provoke, stir, or excite: to rouse someone's anger. 3. rouse oneself to become active or energetic. 4. (Hunting) hunting to start or cause to start from cover: to rouse game birds. 5.

  7. Definition of 'rouse' rouse. (raʊz ) Word forms: rouses , rousing , roused. 1. verb. If someone rouses you when you are sleeping or if you rouse, you wake up. [literary] Hilton roused him at eight-thirty by rapping on the door. [VERB noun] When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn't quite rouse. [VERB] 2. verb.

  8. Definition of rouse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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