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; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. |
| 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. |
| 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. |