rouse

Etymology 1
From, from , , originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from , by loss of the medial 'c.'.

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

Noun

 * 1) An arousal.
 * 2)  The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

Verb

 * 1) To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
 * 2) * 1979, ', ', New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, Chapter Eight, p. 284,
 * Dubin slept through the ringing alarm, aware of Kitty trying to rouse him and then letting him sleep.
 * 1) To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
 * to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions
 * 1)  To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
 * 2) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
 * 3)  To pull by main strength; to haul.
 * 4)  To raise; to make erect.
 * 5)  To tell off; to criticise.
 * 1)  To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
 * 2) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
 * 3)  To pull by main strength; to haul.
 * 4)  To raise; to make erect.
 * 5)  To tell off; to criticise.
 * 1) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
 * 2)  To pull by main strength; to haul.
 * 3)  To raise; to make erect.
 * 4)  To tell off; to criticise.
 * 1)  To pull by main strength; to haul.
 * 2)  To raise; to make erect.
 * 3)  To tell off; to criticise.
 * 1)  To pull by main strength; to haul.
 * 2)  To raise; to make erect.
 * 3)  To tell off; to criticise.
 * 1)  To tell off; to criticise.
 * 1)  To tell off; to criticise.
 * 1)  To tell off; to criticise.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:awaken
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:wake

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, probrat
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Maori: whakaoho
 * Occitan: esvelhar, espertar, despertar
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tog
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vyburcovat
 * Latin: incitō
 * Sanskrit: छर्दति
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology 2
. From, from rebracketing of the phrase “drink carouse” as “drink a rouse”.

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1) Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
 * 1) Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.