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  • noun Plural form of rouse.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rouse.

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Examples

  • Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country, in the Dravida country, Utkala and Bengal;

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • When the laborious worker, overcome with fatigue, "rouses" himself with alcohol, coffee, tea, or any other agent which may chance to suit him, he does not add a unit of force to his stock of energy; he simply narcotizes the sense of weariness, and, the guard being drugged, he appropriates the reserve ....

    Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele

  • "Mamma," said Constance, "the mention of that name rouses all the bitter feelings I am capable of!

    Queechy 1854

  • "Mamma," said Constance, "the mention of that name rouses all the bitter feelings I am capable of!

    Queechy Susan Warner 1852

  • "Mamma," said Constance, "the mention of that name rouses all the bitter feelings I am capable of.

    Queechy, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • He moans a little sigh of relief, then rouses himself and looks about him.

    The Last Highway Jonathan Sapers 2011

  • She's doing so by deploying a style of rhetoric that rouses populist passion and earns cheers among many Democrats—but that critics, including some within the president's own party, say is too divisive.

    Combative Top Democrat Gains Clout in Campaign Monica Langley 2012

  • I hope their taste buds will be awakened by the irresistible garlic and melting cheese concoction, formaggio all 'Argentiera, which Rosa prepares in the middle of the night, and which rouses her neighbors from their sleep, its succulence pervading their dreams.

    A Conversation with Lily Prior 2010

  • Is she a serious person or just a dramatic one who rouses a portion of the base?

    The Enigma of Jon Huntsman Peggy Noonan 2011

  • I was introduced to the all-important wake-up call system that rouses researchers at all hours of the night and told to be up at two-thirty in the morning.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

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