verb transitiveWord forms: upˈroused or upˈrousing
to rouse; stir up
uprouse in American English
(upˈrauz)
transitive verbWord forms: -roused, -rousing
to rouse up; arouse; awake
Word origin
[1805–15; up- + rouse1]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Indo-European, napoleon, one-sided, phase, soufflé