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   rouse

   /raʊz/

   verb

   • 1. cause to stop sleeping: "she was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder" Similar wakewake upawakenwakenarousecallget upinformal:give someone a shoutknock up
   • ▪ cease to sleep or to be inactive; wake up: "she roused and looked around" Similar wake upwakeawakencome toget upget out of bedrisebestir oneselfformal:ariseOpposite go to sleep
   • ▪ bring out of inactivity: "once the enemy camp was roused, they would move on the castle"
   • ▪ startle (game) from a lair or cover.
   • 2. make angry or excited: "the crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race" Similar stir upexcitegalvanizeelectrifystimulateinspiremovefire upfire the enthusiasm offire the imagination ofget goingwhip upinflameagitategoadprovokeinciteegg onspur onlight a fire underrare:inspiritprovokeannoyangermake angryinfuriatesend into a ragemaddenincensevexirkwork upexasperateinformal:aggravateOpposite calmpacifyappease
   • ▪ give rise to (an emotion or feeling): "his evasiveness roused my curiosity" Similar arouseawakengive rise topromptprovokestimulatepiquestir uptriggerspark offtouch offkindleelicitliterary:begetenkindleOpposite allay
   • 3. stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing): "rouse the beer as the hops are introduced"
   • 4. haul (something) vigorously in the specified direction: archaic "rouse the cable out"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally as a hawking and hunting term): probably from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rousable adjective
   • 2. rouser noun

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