Definition of "rouses" [rouses]

• Plural form of rouse. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rouse. (verb)

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• "Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country, in the Dravida country, Utkala and Bengal;"
• "When the laborious worker, overcome with fatigue, "rouses" himself with alcohol, coffee, tea, or any other agent which may chance to suit him, he does not add a unit of force to his stock of energy; he simply narcotizes the sense of weariness, and, the guard being drugged, he appropriates the reserve ...."
• ""Mamma," said Constance, "the mention of that name rouses all the bitter feelings I am capable of!"