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(1):

(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.

(2):

(v.) To raise; to make erect.

(3):

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

(4):

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

(5):

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

(6):

(v.) To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.

(7):

(v. i.) To awake from sleep or repose.

(8):

(v. i.) To get or start up; to rise.

(9):

(v. i.) To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.

(10):

(n.) A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.

(11):

(n.) A bumper in honor of a toast or health.