uprouse

American  

[uhp-rouz] / ʌpˈraʊz /

verb (used with object)

uproused, uprousing

1. to rouse up; arouse; awake.

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uprouse British  

/ ʌpˈraʊz /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of uprouse

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

Example Sentences

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uprouse uproused

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.

From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)

Then uproused was hate, and the hoard-warden wotted The speech of man's word, and no more while there was Friendship to fetch.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

Again uproused, the timorous prey Scours moss and moor, and holt and hill; Hard run, he feels his strength decay, And trusts for life his simple skill.

From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

And, lo, In all its grottos be there wind and air— For wind is made when air hath been uproused By violent agitation.

From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery

By her uproused   They shook the island as with earthquake: roared   The sea; the waves disparted as they came.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

Daylight--and with it came a thin and acrid smoke--and sounds of the uproused Horde in Madison Forest.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan