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# rouse

«rouse» in Mova's school dictionary: **To wake someone up** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rouse, rouses, roused, rousing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To wake someone up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#m1)

2) To make someone feel a strong emotion like anger or excitement, or make them act: rouse a crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#m2)

3) (Australia, informal) "Rouse on" someone means to tell them off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a sleeper is roused by a noise, and a leader rouses people with a speech. A "rousing" song or cheer is loud and exciting. In Australia, a teacher may "rouse on" a pupil. Phrases: rouse from sleep, rouse suspicion, rousing speech, rouse on (Australia).

### examples

- The alarm roused me at six o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#x1)
- The barking dog roused the whole street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#x2)
- The captain's speech roused the team to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#x3)
- His strange behaviour roused suspicion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#x4)
- We sang a rousing song at the end of assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#x5)
- (Australia) Mum roused on me for leaving the gate open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#x6)
- Then Marzavan awoke and roused the prince without disturbing anyone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/#x7)

### note

Past form: roused. Rhymes with "cows". Similar: arouse (to cause a feeling), but "arouse" can sound adult, so "rouse" or "wake" is safer for waking someone. Do not confuse "rouse" with "rose" or "ruse" (a trick).

### In the corpora

- [The sergeant speaks in old-fashioned words: «Oddsbodikins! … Rouse thee, old loon» (= Goodness!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/33/)
- [He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1608/)
- [He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.875/)
- [They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.901/)
- [Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.553/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rouse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.