roust
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roust
(roust)tr.v. roust·ed, roust·ing, rousts
1. To cause to get out of bed.
2. To cause to leave; drive away: people who were rousted out of their homes by rioters.
3. To confront or treat aggressively: The police rousted a group of teenagers in the park.
[Probably alteration of rouse.]
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roust
(raʊst)vb
(often foll by: out) to rout or stir, as out of bed
[C17: perhaps an alteration of rouse1]
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roust
(raʊst)v.t.
to rout, as from a place: to roust someone out of bed.
[1650–60; perhaps alter. of rouse1]
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roust
Past participle: rousted
Gerund: rousting
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