rouse
11rouse — 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 …
12rouse on — (Aust) To reprove • • • Main Entry: ↑rouse …
13rouse — index agitate (activate), bait (harass), coax, disturb, evoke, exhort, foment …
14rouse — (v.) mid 15c., probably from Anglo French, or Old French, originally used of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, but like many hawking terms of obscure origin. Meaning to stir up, provoke to activity is from 1580s; that of awaken is first… …
15rouse — arouse, *stir, awaken, rally, waken Analogous words: enliven, *quicken, animate, vivify: stimulate, excite, *provoke: *incite, foment, instigate …
16rouse — ► 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 …
17Rouse — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Patronyme Classement par ordre alphabétique du prénom Andy Rouse (1947 ), pilote automobile anglais ; Charlie Rouse (1924 1988), saxophoniste et… …
18rouse — [[t]ra͟ʊz[/t]] rouses, rousing, roused 1) V ERG If someone rouses you when you are sleeping or if you rouse, you wake up. [LITERARY] [V n] Hilton roused him at eight thirty by rapping on the door... When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn t …
19rouse — cock·a·rouse; rouse·ment; ca·rouse; rouse; cock·e·rouse; …
20rouse — v. (D; tr.) to rouse from, out of (to rouse smb. out of bed) * * * [raʊz] out of (to rouse smb. out of bed) (D; tr.) to rouse from …
