roose
[rooz; Scot. also rœz]Chiefly Scot.
verb (used with or without object), roosed, roos·ing, noun
Origin of roose
1150–1200; Middle English rosen < Old Norse hrōsa to praise
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Related Words for roose
congratulate, applaud, laud, commend, cajole, endorse, extol, toast, satisfy, glorify, magnify, felicitate, eulogize, sanction, please, hail, worship, soothe, exalt, cheerExamples from the Web for roose
Contemporary Examples of roose
Roose was careful to let evangelicals explain their beliefs for themselves and sometimes, to fall on their own swords.
"I don't think a student has ever asked me that," the dean told Roose.
Historical Examples of roose
By a retrospective law, Roose was sentenced to be boiled to death, which was done accordingly.
Begins, “The roose as saith the philosopher Plinius hath doble verteus.”
The Old English HerbalsEleanour Sinclair Rohde
And after dinner, in the drawing-room, Lady Cecilia did introduce me to two girls—the Roose girls—you know.
The Visits of ElizabethElinor Glyn
And this is a perfectly serious question, although it certainly sounds as if it were only intended for a Roose.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper