'Rouse' definitions:

Definition of 'rouse'

(from WordNet)
verb
Become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir, rouse]
verb
Force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, force out, rouse]
verb
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up] [ant: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
verb
Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep]

Definition of 'Rouse'

From: GCIDE
  • Rouse \Rouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roused (rouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rousing.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hre['o]san to fall, rush. Cf. Rush, v.]
  • 1. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. [1913 Webster]
  • Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions. [1913 Webster]
  • To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. [1913 Webster]
  • Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rouse'

From: GCIDE
  • Rouse \Rouse\ (rouz or rous), v. i. & t. [Perhaps the same word as rouse to start up, "buckle to."] (Naut.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rouse'

From: GCIDE
  • Rouse \Rouse\ (rouz), n. [Cf. D. roes drunkeness, icel. r[=u]ss, Sw. rus, G. rauchen, and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf. Row a disturbance.]
  • 1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. [1913 Webster]
  • Fill the cup, and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rouse'

From: GCIDE
  • Rouse \Rouse\, v. i.
  • 1. To get or start up; to rise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Night's black agents to their preys do rouse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To awake from sleep or repose. [1913 Webster]
  • Morpheus rouses from his bed. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'rouse'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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