Rouse

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1. Verb

To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

2. Noun

A bumper in honor of a toast or health.

3. Noun

A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.

4. Verb

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

5. Verb

To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.

6. Verb

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. Verb

To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.

8. Verb

To raise; to make erect.

9. Verb

To get or start up; to rise.

10. Verb

To awake from sleep or repose.

11. Verb

To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
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