ROUSE, ROUSED, ROUSING
ADJECTIVES
— BUSTLED harassed, disordered; stirred up, roused → 1602
— WAKEFUL rousing one from sleep; awakening → 1629 obs.
NOUNS
— RAISING a rousing, an alarm → 1820 Sc.
VERBS
— ALACRIFY to make cheerful; to rouse to action; to excite → 1864
— AWECCHE to rouse, to provoke, to inspire a person to a feeling or action; to stir the heart or awaken the mind → 1000 obs.
— CONCITATE to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up → 1574 obs.
— DARE UP to wake or rouse up a person that is asleep or dying → 1873 Eng. dial.
— EXCITATE to excite, to rouse, to stir up → 1548 obs.
— RAFT to rouse, disturb, alarm → 19C Eng. dial.
— RAISE to rouse, to awaken → Bk1905 Sc.
— RALLY to rouse; to wake a person → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— REAR to rouse up, to disturb; also, to behave violently or excitedly → 1876 Eng. dial.
— RUSTLE to stir or rouse oneself into action; to get a move on → 1835 US colloq.
— RUTHE to awaken, to rouse → 1400 obs.
— TAP UP to rouse, to cause to get up by tapping at the door → 1840
— UPSTIR to excite, to rouse; to thrown into confusion → 1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
— WAKE SNAKES to rouse oneself; to look lively → 1835
— WHIP to urge, to incite, to rouse; to restore to energy or vitality; to revive → 1573
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