What does rouze mean?
Rouze means Obsolete spelling of rouse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Obsolete spelling of rouse..
And the whole family, therewith adredd, Rashly out of their rouzed couches sprong
Up and rouze thy leaden spirit.
It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up with intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, without being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always keep a Flapper (the Original is Climenole) in their Family, as one of their Domeſticks, nor ever walk abroad or make Viſits without him.
But it needs only to be minutely examined, and properly valued, to rouze the nation to preserve it unimpaired...
Use rouze when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rouze means Obsolete spelling of rouse..
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And the whole family, therewith adredd, Rashly out of their rouzed couches sprong
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