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To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy. / To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.). / To provoke (someone) to action or anger.

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rouse

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Source Word

rouse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹaʊz/

Verb

obsolete slang

To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy. / To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.). / To provoke (someone) to action or anger.

Japanese Meaning

眠りや無気力状態から起こす / 感情や思考を刺激する / 行動や怒りを引き起こす

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The smell of coffee helped rouse her from a deep sleep, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

コーヒーの香りが深い眠りから彼女を目覚めさせ、ゆっくりと目を開けた。

Sense（1）

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

Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;

Night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.

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Sense（2）

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

to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions

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Sense（3）

To provoke (someone) to action or anger.

He scarce had finisht, when such murmur filld

Th’ Assembly, as when hollow Rocks retain

The sound of blustring winds, which all night long

Had rous’d the Sea […]

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Sense（4）

To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.

to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase

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Sense（5）

(nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul.

Tom, you and the boy rouse the cable up—get about ten fathoms on deck, and bend it.

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Sense（6）

(obsolete) To raise; to make erect.

And ouer, all with brasen scales was armd,

Like plated cote of steele, so couched neare,

That nought mote perce, ne might his corse bee harmd

With dint of swerd, nor push of pointed speare,

Which as an Eagle, seeing pray appeare,

His aery plumes doth rouze, full rudely dight,

So shaked he, that horror was to heare,

For as the clashing of an Armor bright,

Such noyse his rouzed scales did send vnto the knight.

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Sense（7）

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

He roused on her for being late yet again.

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rouses

（ present singular third-person ）

rousing

（ participle present ）

roused

（ participle past ）

roused

（ past ）

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