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Rouse| Verb | 1. | rouse - become active; "He finally bestirred himself"be active, move - be in a state of action; "she is always moving" | | | 2. | rouse - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" hunt - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood" smoke out - drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees" | | | 3. | rouse - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"hype up, psych up - get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" bother - make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" pother - make upset or troubled electrify - excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us" | | | 4. | rouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | |
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