[raʊz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause to stop sleeping
(e.g: she was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder)

- make angry or excited
(e.g: the crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race)

- stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing)
(e.g: rouse the beer as the hops are introduced)

- haul (something) vigorously in the specified direction
(e.g: rouse the cable out)


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