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 →

2) To make someone feel a strong emotion like anger or excitement, or make them act: rouse a crowd. tree →

3) (Australia, informal) "Rouse on" someone means to tell them off. tree →

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 →
• The barking dog roused the whole street. tree →
• The captain's speech roused the team to win. tree →
• His strange behaviour roused suspicion. tree →
• We sang a rousing song at the end of assembly. tree →
• (Australia) Mum roused on me for leaving the gate open. tree →
• Then Marzavan awoke and roused the prince without disturbing anyone else. tree →

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!
• He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
• He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
• They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.
• Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rouse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.