rouse

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹaʊz/

  Rhymes: -aʊz

[edit] 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, British and Canadian) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

[edit] Verb

to 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

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