Definition of Roused

1. Verb. (past of ''rouse'') ¹

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Definition of Roused

1. rouse [v] - See also: rouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roused

roup
roup sale
rouped
roupet
roupier
roupiest
roupily
rouping
roupit
roups
roupy
rousant
rouse
rouseabout
rouseabouts
roused (current term)
rouseite
rouser
rousers
rouses
rousing
rousingly
rousseaus
roussette
roust
roustabout
roustabouts
rousted

Literary usage of Roused

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1839)
"But his spirit was roused at last; the cruel insult to his dead mother had set his blood on fire. His breast heaved, his attitude was erect, his eye bright ..."

2. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"... The infuriate hill that shoots the pillared flame; And roused within the subterranean world, The expanding earthquake, that resistless shakes Aspiring ..."

3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... is still further roused by the history of St. Antony, and the conversion of two courtiers; during a severe struggle hears a voice from heaven, ..."

4. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... is still further roused by the history of St. Antony, and the conversion of two courtiers; during a severe struggle hears a voice from heaven, ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Albert also roused the anger of the ecclesiastical electors by combining with ... This over-straining of the papal claims roused a dissatisfaction which ..."

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