roose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of roose
1150–1200; Middle English rosen < Old Norse hrōsa to praise
Example Sentences
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Ye did richt tae resist him; it 'ill maybe roose the Glen tae mak' a stand; he fair hands them in bondage.
From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
And the frenche molinet, moralizinge the Romant of the roose in frenche, and turnynge it oute of verse into proese, writeth, Ha si i’eusse creu Theophraste, &c.
From Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition by Kingsley, G. H. (George Henry)
The cauld morality that never made ony ane mair moral, taks nae hand o’ the people; an’ patronage, as meikle’s they roose it, winna keep up either kirk or manse o’ itsel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay
Let ilka ane roose the ford as they find it.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
I spak' till him, an' tried to roose him, wi' ae thing after anither, bit I micht as weel hae spoken to the door-cheek, for a' the notice that he took.
From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George
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