| v. i. & t. | 1. | (Naut.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. |
| n. | 1. | A bumper in honor of a toast or health. |
| 2. | A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; |
| 2. | To wake from sleep or repose; | |
| 3. | To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; | |
| 4. | To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. | |
| 5. | To raise; to make erect. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To get or start up; to rise. |
| 2. | To awake from sleep or repose. | |
| 3. | To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention. |
| Verb | 1. | rouse - become active; "He finally bestirred himself" Synonyms: bestir |
| 2. | rouse - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." | |
| 3. | rouse - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" | |
| 4. | rouse - 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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