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rouse
(rouz)v. roused, rous·ing, rous·es
v.tr.
1. To wake (someone) up.
2. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up. See Synonyms at provoke.
3. To give rise to; bring about: an ad that roused my curiosity; a book that roused a furor.
v.intr.
1. To awaken.
2. To become active, attentive, or excited.
[Middle English rousen, to shake the feathers: used of a hawk, perhaps from Old French reuser, ruser, to repel, push back, from Vulgar Latin *recūsāre, from Latin, to refuse; see recuse.]
rous′er n.
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rouse
(raʊz)vb
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. (Falconry) (intr) falconry (of hawks) to ruffle the feathers and cause them to stand briefly on end (a sign of contentment)
6. (foll by: on) Austral to speak scoldingly or rebukingly (to)
n
(Military) chiefly US another term for reveille
[C15 (in sense 5): origin obscure]
rousedness n
rouse
(raʊz)n
1. an alcoholic drink, esp a full measure
2. another word for carousal
[C17: probably a variant of carouse (as in the phrase drink a rouse, erroneous for drink carouse); compare Danish drikke en rus to become drunk, German Rausch drunkenness]
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rouse
(raʊz)v. roused, rous•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, etc.
2. to stir or incite to strong indignation or anger.
3. to cause (game) to start from a covert or lair.
4. Naut. to pull by main strength; haul.
v.i. 5. to come out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, apathy, etc.
n. 6. a rousing.
7. a signal for rousing; reveille.
[1480–90, in sense “(of a hawk) to shake the feathers”; orig. uncertain]
rous′ed•ness, n.
rous′er, n.
syn: See incite.
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rouse
Past participle: roused
Gerund: rousing
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| Verb | 1. | rouse - become active; "He finally bestirred himself" |
| 2. | rouse - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" hunt - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood" smoke out - drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees" | |
| 3. |  rouse - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"bother - make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" pother - make upset or troubled electrify - excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us" | |
| 4. |  rouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."reawaken - awaken once again bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories" call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" |
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rouse
verb
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rouse
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Translations
يُثيريوقِظ
vzbuditvzbudit se
vække
vekjavekja, erta
įkvepiantis
pamodināt
tahrik etmekuyandırmak
rouse
[raʊz]A. VT [+ person] → despertar; [+ interest] → despertar, suscitar; [+ anger] → provocar
to rouse sb from sleep → despertar a algn
it roused the whole house → despertó a todo el mundo
to rouse sb to action → mover a algn a actuar
to rouse sb to fury → enfurecer a algn
to rouse o.s → despertarse
to rouse o.s. to do sth → animarse a hacer algo
he roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene → salió del ensimismamiento indiferente con el que contemplaba la escena
to rouse sb from sleep → despertar a algn
it roused the whole house → despertó a todo el mundo
to rouse sb to action → mover a algn a actuar
to rouse sb to fury → enfurecer a algn
to rouse o.s → despertarse
to rouse o.s. to do sth → animarse a hacer algo
he roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene → salió del ensimismamiento indiferente con el que contemplaba la escena
B. VI → despertar, despertarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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rouse
vt
(from sleep, daydream etc) → wecken
(= stimulate) person → bewegen; feeling, admiration, interest → wecken, wachrufen; hatred, indignation → erregen; suspicions → erwecken, erregen; to rouse somebody (to anger) → jdn reizen; to rouse somebody to passion → jds Leidenschaft entfachen; to rouse somebody to action → jdn zum Handeln bewegen; to rouse somebody out of his/her apathy → jdn aus seiner Apathie aufrütteln; to rouse the masses → die Massen aufrütteln; rouse yourself! → raff dich auf!
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
rouse
[raʊz] vt (person, YYY, from sleep) → svegliare; (from apathy) → scuotere; (interest, suspicion, admiration) → suscitare, destareto rouse sb to action → spronare qn ad agire
to rouse sb to fury → far infuriare qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rouse
(rauz) verb1. to awaken. I'll rouse you at 6 o'clock.
2. to stir or excite. Her interest was roused by what he said.
ˈrousing adjective stirring; exciting. a rousing speech.
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rouse
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