English Explanatory Dictionary

rouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An arousal.
  2. The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
verb
  1. To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.
  2. To be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
  3. To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
  4. To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
  5. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
  6. To pull by main strength; to haul.
  7. To raise; to make erect.
  8. To tell off; to criticise.
noun
  1. An official ceremony over drinks.
  2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
  3. Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in the town of Anderson, Iron County, Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹaʊz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-rouse.wav En-au-rouse.ogg

Word forms

rouse rouses rouze rousing roused Rowse

Etymology

From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse. Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s.

Synonyms

bring round roust wake up arouse awake awaken cry knock up rouse uprouse wake waken arise get up abraid rise stir galvanise stoke animate electrify enflame enkindle enthrill exagitate excite exhilarate exsuscitate fillip fire fire the blood galvanize gin up ignite inflame intoxicate kindle quicken send set fire to set on fire sharpen stir the blood suscitate thrill vitalise warm the blood whet wind up work up yerk set off abet actuate goose light a fire under sting bring about cheer draw

Related words

rabble-rouse

Derived words

arouse rousable rousement rouser rousing rousingly roust uprouse Rouses Point

Translations

Bulgarian: събуждам Bulgarian: възбуждам Czech: probudit Czech: probrat Czech: vyburcovat Dutch: opwekken French: éveiller German: erwecken German: aufwachen German: erwachen German: aufwecken Ido: vekar Irish: múscail Māori: whakaoho Occitan: esvelhar Occitan: espertar Occitan: despertar Portuguese: acordar Russian: пробужда́ться Scottish Gaelic: tog Spanish: despertar Spanish: incitar Spanish: suscitar Ottoman Turkish: ایقاظ ایتمك Chinese Mandarin: 激起 Latin: incitō Sanskrit: छर्दति
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