Verb
/roust/,

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rousted, past participle; rousted, past tense; rousts, 3rd person singular present; rousting, present participle;
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Cause to get up or start moving; rouse
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I rousted him out of his bed with a cup of coffee
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Treat roughly; harass
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the detectives who had rousted him the night of the murder
Web Definitions:
- to rout out of bed; to rouse; to arrest