Definitions
cause to become awake or conscious
Word origin
From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse.
Used in a sentence
“John Hedley was Locomotive Foreman at Beattock. He was in bed, but they roused him, and he gave orders for one of his pilot engines to go up to the summit, get Mitchell's train, and take it to Carlisle.”
“Dubin slept through the ringing alarm, aware of Kitty trying to rouse him and then letting him sleep.”
“Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Wake from sleep”5 letters
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