Rouse — Defs

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

1.
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.(Naut.)

02 n. A bumper in honor of a toast or health.

1.
A bumper in honor of a toast or health.[Obs.]
2.
A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
“Fill the cup, and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn.” — Tennyson.

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

imp. & p. p. Roused; p. pr. & vb. n. Rousing

1.
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
“Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes.” — Spenser.

“Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound.” — Pope.
2.
To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
3.
To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
“To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom.” — Atterbury.
4.
To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
“Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea.” — Milton.
5.
To raise; to make erect.[Obs.]

04 v. i. To get or start up; to rise.

1.
To get or start up; to rise.[Obs.]
“Night's black agents to their preys do rouse.” — Shak.
2.
To awake from sleep or repose.
“Morpheus rouses from his bed.” — Pope.
3.
To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.