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Definition rouse

Etymology 1

From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recusare, by loss of the medial 'c.' Related to Provencal reusar.

Figurative meaning "to stir up, provoke to activity" is from 1580s; that of "awaken" is first recorded 1590s.

Noun

rouse (plural rouses)

1. An arousal.
2. (military, Britain 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 (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
2. To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
3. To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
4. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
5. (nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul.
6. (obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
7. (slang, when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.

Etymology 2

[Late 16th Century] From carouse, from rebracketing of the phrase “drink carouse” as “drink a rouse”.

Noun

rouse (plural rouses)

1. An official ceremony over drinks.
2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
3. Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.

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