Fire and Rouse

Fire

Fire verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.
Usage example: a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist

Rouse is a synonym for fire in stimulate topic. In some cases you can use "Rouse" instead a verb "Fire", when it comes to topics like light, inspire, excite.

Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

Rouse

Rouse verb - To cause to stop sleeping.

Fire is a synonym for rouse in light topic. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Rouse", if it concerns topics such as stimulate.

Nearby Words: rousing, roused, roust

Common collocations

people fire people rouse people

Both words in one sentence

  • Lori cannot rouse him from his catatonia, but does manage to get him inside the vicarage and wrapped in a blanket before a fire.
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