Rouse Definition

rouz

roused, rouses, rousing

verb

roused, rouses, rousing

To wake (someone) up.

American Heritage

To cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack.

Webster's New World

To rise from cover, etc.

Webster's New World

To come out of a state of sleep, repose, etc.; wake.

Webster's New World

To stir up, as to anger or action; excite.

Webster's New World

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noun

rouses

The act of rousing.

Webster's New World

A violent stir.

Webster's New World

A drink of liquor.

Webster's New World

A carousal.

Webster's New World

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Rouse

Singular:

rouse

Plural:

From Middle English rowsen, rouzen, rusen (“to rush out"), from Old Norse *rÅ«sa (“to storm out, rush"), from Proto-Germanic *rÅ«sanÄ… (“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 rÅ«sen (“to race, rage"), Middle Low German rÅ«sen (“to rush, bluster, make a clamour"). More at rush.

From Wiktionary
Middle English rousen to shake the feathers: used of a hawk perhaps from Old French reuser, ruser to repel, push back from Vulgar Latin recūsāre from Latin to refuse recuse

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition