to rouse
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3.4
- verb
- /raʊz/
:
despertar
- Go rouse my brother.
- roused from sleep
And so she goes over to try to rouse him, and he's dead.
- And so she goes over to try to rouse him, and he's dead.
- It needs no unusual event to rouse it.
Examples
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The elder is so crippled with age that he cannot rouse himself from his bed.
Academic text (2000) -
"Claire," he said again, urgently, trying to rouse her from the staring trance she had fallen into.
Fiction book (1992) -
Something that may rouse even you from sleep.
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I'll rouse everyone when I wake up.
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Ali, cross the river and rouse my people.
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Rouse him, it's only proper.
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Rouse yourself from this pastoral torpor.
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My mother, who had been dozing fitfully, roused up and said, "Huh?"
Fiction book (1992) -
A high-pitched shriek rent the air and roused Andrew from his thoughts.
Fiction book (1990) -
The loud alarm clock will rouse me from my deep sleep every morning.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping
∞
1.0
To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping
236
3.7
Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive
221
1.0
To make someone leave their bed or stand up
107
1.0
To stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping
73
1.8
To stop sleeping or make someone else wake up
65
3.7
To make someone feel more active and alert
16
3.1
Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad
11
8.4
To make someone get up or become active quickly
10
5.1
To become awake or aware again
9
3.5
Make someone wake up or feel more energetic
5
3.0
To stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping
1
9.9
To make an effort to start doing something when you feel lazy
Make a feeling, interest, or memory strong again
Antonyms
How Alert
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rouse is the same root as arouse and long meant 'to make rise' or 'wake up'. Think of lifting someone out of sleep or low energy, which is why rouse means to wake someone or make them active.