rouse from sleep
1rouse — [rauz] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from Old French ruser; RUSH1] 1.) formal to wake someone who is sleeping deeply ▪ His banging roused the neighbours. rouse sb from sleep/dreams etc ▪ A persistent ringing roused Christina from a… …
2Rouse — 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 …
3Rouse — 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… …
4rouse — 1. noun /ˈɹaʊz/ a) an arousal And the Kings rouse the heaven shall bruit again, b) an official ceremony over drinks Re speaking earthly thunder. Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2 lines 127 128 2. verb …
5rouse — I. verb (roused; rousing) Etymology: Middle English, to shake the feathers Date: 1531 transitive verb 1. archaic to cause to break from cover 2. a. to stir up ; excite < was …
6rouse — rouse1 [rouz] vt. roused, rousing [LME rowsen: orig. technical term in hawking & hunting, hence prob. < Anglo Fr or OFr] 1. to cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack 2. to stir up, as to anger or …
7rouse — ► VERB 1) bring or come out of sleep; awaken or wake up. 2) bring out of inactivity. 3) excite; provoke: his evasiveness roused my curiosity. ORIGIN originally as a hawking and hunting term: probably from Old French …
8rouse — I. /raʊz / (say rowz) verb (roused, rousing) –verb (t) 1. to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc. 2. to stir to strong indignation or anger. 3. to cause (game) to start from a… …
9rouse — v. 1 a tr. (often foll. by from, out of) bring out of sleep, wake. b intr. (often foll. by up) cease to sleep, wake up. 2 (often foll. by up) a tr. stir up, make active or excited, startle out of inactivity or confidence or carelessness (roused… …
10rouse — rouse1 rousedness /row zid nis/, n. rouser, n. /rowz/, v., roused, rousing, n. v.t. 1. to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words. 2. to… …
