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verb

Rouse v. i. & v. t. (Naut.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

Rouse v. t. (past & past part. roused; pres. part. rousing)

To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. "Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes." "Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound."

To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.

To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions. "To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom."

To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. "Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea."

To raise; to make erect. (Obs.)

Rouse v. i.

To get or start up; to rise. (Obs.) "Night's black agents to their preys do rouse."

To awake from sleep or repose. "Morpheus rouses from his bed."

To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.

adjective

Rousing adj.

Having power to awaken or excite; exciting. "I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me."

Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Rousing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Lewisohn, then, built their new playhouse in Grand Street, it was not with the intention of rousing, but rather of satisfying, an artistic demand among the people of the neighborhood. And in the new home are to be continued all the varied activities of which the Henry Street Settlement festival and dramatic ...

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... in the morning time by the reflex row from the rousing of the five o'clocker. Glorious morning. The scene the reversal of that of last night. The forest to the east shows a deep blue-purple, mounted on a background that changes as you watch it from daffodil and amethyst to rose-pink, as the sun comes up through the ...

— Travels in West Africa • Mary H. Kingsley

... the pain she inflicted; and her energetic nature would have led her to endeavour to forget sorrow, rather than to nurse it, at any time. In her belief, Frances thought and mourned too much; she wanted rousing; she ought to make an effort to shake off all her ills, physical and mental. Philippa had honestly mourned for her dead brother, as well as for his child; but now it was over and done with; they were gone, and could not be recalled: and life must go ...

— Robin Tremain - A Story of the Marian Persecution • Emily Sarah Holt

... three rousing cheers, they shook hands once more and turned in for the night. After such a busy day, walking, talking, fighting, singing, and eating puddin', they were all asleep in a ...

— The Magic Pudding • Norman Lindsay

... with anything but an elated look. It was evident that Mr. Leslie had refrained from rousing his expectations. He stared at Dolores ...

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