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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   An arousal.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

3. Meaning 3 · verb

   To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.

4. Meaning 4 · verb

   To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).

   “to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions”

5. Meaning 5 · verb

   To provoke (someone) to action or anger.

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.

   “to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase”

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To pull by main strength; to haul.

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To raise; to make erect.

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   (when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.

   “He roused on her for being late yet again.”

How this word is used

• General “to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions”
• General “to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase”
• General “He roused on her for being late yet again.”

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