uprouse

[uhp-rouz]

verb (used with object)

uproused, uprousing 

1. to rouse up; arouse; awake.

uprouse

/ ʌpˈraʊz /

verb

1. rare,  (tr) to rouse or stir up; arouse

Word History and Origins

Origin of uprouse¹

First recorded in 1805–15; up- + rouse ¹

Example Sentences

Uprouse, up-rowz′, v.t. to rouse up.

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Mother, uprouse thee! many bitter arrows Out of one bosom gather, and for ever Pray for one resting in a chilly forest Under an oak tree.

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But why was there absent from the harmonious list so appropriate a glee as Sir Henry Bishop's:— "Uprouse ye then, My merry merry men, It is our opening day!"

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He tells of scorn, he tells of broken vows, ��Of sleepless nights, of anguish-ridden days, Pangs that his sensibility uprouse ��To curse his being and his thirst for praise.

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Oh! hear the plaint by thy sad favourite made, ��His melancholy moan, He tells of scorn, he tells of broken vows, ��Of sleepless nights, of anguish-ridden days, Pangs that his sensibility uprouse ��To curse his being and his thirst for praise.

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