rouse

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.

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[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.]

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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

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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

Imperative

rouse

rouse

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	rouse - become active; "He finally bestirred himself" bestir be active, move - be in a state of action; "she is always moving"
	2.	rouse - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." drive out, rout out, force out 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" charge up, commove, agitate, excite, turn on, charge hype up, psych up - get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" 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." awaken, wake up, waken, wake, arouse 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" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

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rouse

verb

1. wake up, call, wake, get up, awaken, knock up (informal) She roused him at 8.30.

2. excite, move, arouse, stir, disturb, provoke, anger, startle, animate, prod, exhilarate, get going, agitate, inflame, incite, whip up, galvanize, bestir He did more to rouse the crowd than anybody else.

3. stimulate, provoke, arouse, incite, instigate It roused a feeling of rebellion in him.

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rouse

verb

1. To cease sleeping:

arouse, awake, awaken, stir, wake, waken.

2. To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion):

arouse, awake, awaken, kindle, raise, stir (up), waken.

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Translations

يُثيريوقِظ

vzbuditvzbudit se

vække

aufweckenerwecken

agaceréveillerexciterhérisserirriter

vekjavekja, erta

svegliarevivacebrindisidestare

įkvepiantis

pamodināt

tirre

раздражать

tahrik etmekuyandırmak

唤醒激起

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

B. VI → despertar, despertarse

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rouse

[ˈraʊz] vt

(= wake up) → réveiller

(from inaction, lethargy) to rouse o.s. → se réveiller
to rouse sb to action → pousser qn à agir

(= stir up) [crowd, person] → réveiller
to rouse sb to anger → réveiller la colère de qn

(= awaken) [+ feelings, curiosity, suspicions] → éveiller

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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!

vi (= waken) → wach werden; (= become active) → lebendig werden

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rouse

[raʊz] vt (person, YYY, from sleep) → svegliare; (from apathy) → scuotere; (interest, suspicion, admiration) → suscitare, destare
to rouse sb to action → spronare qn ad agire
to rouse sb to fury → far infuriare qn

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rouse

(rauz) verb

1. to awaken. I'll rouse you at 6 o'clock. wakker maak يوقِظ събуждам (се) acordar vzbudit se aufwecken vække ξυπνώdespertar äratama از خواب بیدار شدن herättää réveiller לְהַעִיר जागना probuditi (se) felébreszt membangunkan vekja svegliare 起こす 깨우다 pažadinti pamodināt membangunkan wekkenvekke; våknezbudzić له خوبه ویښیدل acordar a trezi будить zobudiť sa zbuditi probuditi väcka ปลุก uyandırmak 喚醒 будити جگانا یا اٹھانا đánh thức 唤醒

2. to stir or excite. Her interest was roused by what he said. prikkel يُثير вълнувам despertar vzbudit wecken vække ξεσηκώνωdespertar (huvi) tekitama به شور آوردن herättää éveiller לְעוֹרֵר उत्तेजितकर pobuditi (zanimanje) felizgat; felkelt (érdeklődést) membangkitkan vekja, erta risvegliare かき立てる 자극하다 sužadinti, sukelti pamodināt membangkit wekkenpirre, tirrepobudzić په شور راتلل despertar a trezi возбуждать vzbudiť vzbuditi pobuditi väcka, egga, sporra กระตุ้น uyandırmak, tahrik etmek 激起 збуджувати جوش دلانا khích động 激起

ˈrousing adjective

stirring; exciting. a rousing speech. prikkelend, opwindend مُثير въодушевяващ vibrante vzrušující aufrüttelnd ophidsende διεγερτικός, εμπρηστικόςconmovedor; entusiasta, caluroso sütitav هیجان انگیز innostava vibrant מְשַלהֵב शानदार uzbudljiv, raspaljiv (govor) lelkesítő menarik örvandi, hvetjandi trascinante 奮起させる 자극하는 jaudinantis, įkvepiantis iedvesmojošs; pacilājošs membangkitkan bezielendflammende; spennende porywający حیرانونکی vibrante entuziasmant; mişcător волнующий vzrušujúci vznemirljiv pobuđujući eldande, medryckande, sporrande เร้าใจ heyecanlandırıcı, tahrik edici 令人振奮的 надихаючий; збуджуючий اشتعال انگیز thuộc khích động 令人振奋的

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rouse

vt despertar

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