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uprouse

American  
[uhp-rouz] / ʌpˈraʊz /

verb (used with object)

uproused, uprousing
  1. to rouse up; arouse; awake.


uprouse British  
/ ʌpˈraʊz /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of uprouse

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

Example Sentences

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Uprouse, up-rowz′, v.t. to rouse up.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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!"

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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