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Definition of Roused
1. rouse [v] - See also: rouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roused
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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