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rouse
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rouse  (rouz)
v. roused, rous·ing, rous·es
v.tr.
1. To arouse from slumber, apathy, or depression.
2. To excite, as to anger or action; stir up. See Synonyms at provoke.
v.intr.
1. To awaken.
2. To become active.
n.
The act or an instance of arousing.

[Middle English rousen, to shake the feathers: used of a hawk, perhaps from Old French reuser, ruser, to repel, push back, from Vulgar Latin *recsre, from Latin, to refuse; see recuse.]

rouser n.

rouse1
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
rouse oneself to become active or energetic
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Hunting to start or cause to start from cover to rouse game birds
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) (intr) Falconry (of hawks) to ruffle the feathers and cause them to stand briefly on end (a sign of contentment)
6. (intr; 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  [ˈraʊzɪdnɪs] n

rouse2
n Archaic
1. an alcoholic drink, esp a full measure
2. another word for carousal
[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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.rouse - become active; "He finally bestirred himself"
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."
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.rouserouse - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
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.rouserouse - 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"
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"

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.
Translations
rouse [raʊz]
A. VT [+ person] → despertar; [+ interest] → despertar, suscitar; [+ anger] → provocar
to rouse sb from sleepdespertar a algn
it roused the whole housedespertó a todo el mundo
to rouse sb to actionmover a algn a actuar
to rouse sb to furyenfurecer a algn
to rouse o.sdespertarse
to rouse o.s. to do sthanimarse a hacer algo
he roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scenesalió del ensimismamiento indiferente con el que contemplaba la escena

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

rouse
vt
(from sleep, daydream etc) → wecken
(= stimulate) personbewegen; feeling, admiration, interestwecken, wachrufen; hatred, indignationerregen; suspicionserwecken, erregen; to rouse somebody (to anger)jdn reizen; to rouse somebody to passionjds Leidenschaft entfachen; to rouse somebody to actionjdn zum Handeln bewegen; to rouse somebody out of his/her apathyjdn aus seiner Apathie aufrütteln; to rouse the massesdie Massen aufrütteln; rouse yourself!raff dich auf!
vi (= waken)wach werden; (= become active)lebendig werden

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
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

rouse
v rouse [rauz]
1 to awaken I'll rouse you at 6 o'clock. wakker maak يوقِظ събуждам (се) vzbudit se vække aufwecken ξυπνώ despertar äratama از خواب بیدار شدن herättää réveiller לְהַעִיר जागना probuditi (se) felébreszt membangunkan vekja svegliare 起こす 깨우다 pažadinti pamodināt membangunkan wekken vekke; våkne zbudzić acordar a trezi будить zobudiť sa zbuditi probuditi väcka ปลุก uyandırmak 喚醒 будити جگانا یا اٹھانا đánh thức
2 to stir or excite Her interest was roused by what he said. prikkel يُثير вълнувам vzbudit vække (er-)wecken ξεσηκώνω despertar (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 wekken pirre, tirre pobudzić despertar a trezi возбуждать vzbudiť vzbuditi pobuditi väcka, egga, sporra กระตุ้น uyandırmak, tahrik etmek 激起 збуджувати جوش دلانا khích động
adj rousing
stirring; exciting a rousing speech. prikkelend, opwindend مُثير въодушевяващ vzrušující ophidsende aufrüttelnd διεγερτικός, εμπρηστικός conmovedor; 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 bezielend flammende; spennende porywający 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


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