Definition of Rouse

1. Verb. Become active. "He finally bestirred himself"

Exact synonyms: Bestir
Generic synonyms: Be Active, Move

2. Verb. Force or drive out. "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
Exact synonyms: Drive Out, Force Out, Rout Out
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Related verbs: Chase Away, Dispel, Drive Away, Drive Off, Drive Out, Run Off, Turn Back
Specialized synonyms: Hunt, Smoke Out

3. Verb. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. "The good news will rouse her"; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
Exact synonyms: Agitate, Charge, Charge Up, Commove, Excite, Turn On
Specialized synonyms: Hype Up, Psych Up, Bother, Pother, Electrify
Generic synonyms: Disturb, Trouble, Upset
Derivative terms: Agitative, Charge, Excitant, Excitement, Rousing, Turn-on
Antonyms: Calm

4. Verb. Cause to become awake or conscious. "Please wake me at 6 AM."
Exact synonyms: Arouse, Awaken, Wake, Wake Up, Waken
Specialized synonyms: Reawaken, Bring Around, Bring Back, Bring Round, Bring To, Call
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Arousal, Arouser, Awakening, Rouser
Antonyms: Cause To Sleep

Definition of Rouse

1. v. i. & t. To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

2. n. A bumper in honor of a toast or health.

3. v. t. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.

4. v. i. To get or start up; to rise.

Definition of Rouse

1. Noun. an arousal ¹

2. Noun. an official ceremony over drinks ¹

3. Noun. (military British and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often ''the rouse''. ¹

4. Verb. to wake or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy ¹

5. Verb. to provoke (someone) to anger or action ¹

6. Verb. (nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul ¹

7. Verb. (obsolete) To be excited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rouse

1. to bring out of a state of sleep or inactivity [v ROUSED, ROUSING, ROUSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rouse

rouns
rounsey
rounseys
roup
roup sale
rouped
roupet
roupier
roupiest
roupily
rouping
roupit
roups
roupy
rousant
rouse (current term)
rouseabout
rouseabouts
roused
rouseite
rouser
rousers
rouses
rousing
rousingly
rousseaus
roussette
roust

Literary usage of Rouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Narrative and Lyric Poems: For Students by Samuel Swayze Seward (1909)
"GIVE A rouse KING CHARLES, and who'll do him right now? King Charles, and who's ripe for ... Give a rouse: here's, in hell's despite now, King Charles! ..."

2. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"GIVE A rouse King Charles, and who '11 do him right now ? ... King Charles, and who's ripe for Give a rouse: here's, in hell's despite now, King Charles! ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"WHD rouse. The following notices of the couvade may be interesting ... WHD rouse. A FOLKTALE CONCERNING JESUS CHRIST. In 1869 a lady, visiting a poor woman ..."

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