rouse

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English

Alternative forms

• rouze (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English rowsen, rouzen, rusen (“to rush out”), from Old Norse *rūsa (“to storm out, rush”), from Proto-Germanic *rūsanan (“to bluster, be fierce, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)rewǝ- (“to move, drive, agitate”). Cognate with Swedish rusa (“to rush, hurry, dash, scurry”), Danish ruse (“to rush”), Middle Dutch rūsen (“to race, rage”), Middle Low German rūsen (“to rush, bluster, make a clamour”). More at rush.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹaʊz/
• Rhymes: -aʊz

Noun

rouse (plural rouses)

1. an arousal
2. an official ceremony over drinks

   And the King's rouse the heaven shall bruit again,

   Re-speaking earthly thunder. - "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2 lines 127-128

3. (military, UK and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

Verb

rouse (third-person singular simple present rouses, present participle rousing, simple past and past participle roused)

1. to wake or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy
2. to provoke (someone) to anger or action
3. (nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul

Translations

to wake

Portuguese: acordar (pt) Russian: пробуждаться (ru)

Scottish Gaelic: tog (gd)

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