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Meaning Of Rouse
v. i. & t.
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a
rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
n.
A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
n.
A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
v.
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to
rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
v.
To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or
suddenly.
v.
To excite to lively thought or action from a state of
idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the
faculties, passions, or emotions.
v.
To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
v.
To raise; to make erect.
v. i.
To get or start up; to rise.
v. i.
To awake from sleep or repose.
v. i.
To be exited to thought or action from a state of
indolence or inattention.