meaning of rouse
1. To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
2. A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
3. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
4. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
5. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
6. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
7. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
8. To raise; to make erect.
9. To get or start up; to rise.
10. To awake from sleep or repose.
11. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
12. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.
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