rowse
/ɹˈoʊs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Ill huſbandry drowſeth at fortune ſo awke, / good huſbandry rowſeth him ſelfe like a hawke."
- "Thee water is rowſed, they [two serpents] do friſke with floűce [flounce] to yͤ ſhoare ward, / Thee land with ſtaring eyes bluddy and firie beholding: […]"
- "[S]he caſt her dewed eyes aſ kance, / And ſpying me, gan rovvſe her heauie head, / And praide me pen her ſad and heauie chance, / And ſhe recounted it that preſent ſted, […]"
- "[T]he truth beeing reuealed, enlighteneth reaſon; and that reaſon rovvſeth vp her ſelfe to reſt vpon truth."
- "With that his Brother began to ſtirre, and the Lion to rowſe himſelfe: whereupon Roſader ſodainely charged him with the Boare ſpeare, and wounded the Lion verie ſore at the firſt ſtroake."
- "[…] Henry Bullingbrooke and hee / Being mounted, and both rovvſed in their Seates, / Their neighing Courſers daring of the Spurre, […]"
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
Rowses (plural)
rowses (present, singular)
rowsing (participle, present)
rowsed (participle, past)
rowsed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
rowsed (first person, past)
rowsest (archaic, present)
rowsed (past, second person)
rowsedst (archaic, past)
rowseth (archaic, present)