roose

[ rooz; Scots also rœz ]

/ ruz; Scots also rœz /

Chiefly Scot.

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verb (used with or without object), noun roosed, roos·ing,

praise.

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Origin of roose

1150–1200; Middle English rosen<Old Norse hrōsa to praise

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One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag Kevin Roose, New York What I saw when I crashed a Wall Street secret society.
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Roose was careful to let evangelicals explain their beliefs for themselves and sometimes, to fall on their own swords.
Inside America's Holiest University|Johanna Piazza|March 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Kevin Roose went undercover at Liberty University for his new exposé about the dorm life of evangelicals.
Inside America's Holiest University|Johanna Piazza|March 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"I don't think a student has ever asked me that," the dean told Roose.
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By a retrospective law, Roose was sentenced to be boiled to death, which was done accordingly.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction,|Various
But it's an ill wind blaws naebody gude—Let ilka ane roose the ford as they find it—I say let Glasgow flourish!
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A vile and infamous debauchee, Pieter de Roose, an habitual seducer of children and girls, does all the harm.
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Pieter de Roose, having plucked up courage again, had come back to Meulestee.
The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2)|Charles de Coster
In the meantime, Pieter de Roose was running away at full speed.
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