rouse

1. v. i. & t. To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. Source: opted

2. n. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. Source: opted

3. n. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. Source: opted

4. v. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. Source: opted

5. v. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly. Source: opted

6. 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. Source: opted

7. v. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. Source: opted

8. v. To raise; to make erect. Source: opted

9. v. i. To get or start up; to rise. Source: opted

10. v. i. To awake from sleep or repose. Source: opted

11. v. i. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention. Source: opted

12. v. become active Source: wordnet

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