rouse

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈɹaʊz/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse. Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s.

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