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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rouse \Rouse\ (rouz or rous), v. i. & t. [Perhaps the same word as rouse to start up, "buckle to."] (Naut.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rouse \Rouse\ (rouz), n. [Cf. D. roes drunkeness, icel. r[=u]ss, Sw. rus, G. rauchen, and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf. {Row} a disturbance.] 1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. [1913 Webster] Fill the cup, and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rouse \Rouse\, v. i. 1. To get or start up; to rise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Night's black agents to their preys do rouse. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To awake from sleep or repose. [1913 Webster] Morpheus rouses from his bed. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rouse \Rouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roused} (rouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rousing}.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hre['o]san to fall, rush. Cf. {Rush}, v.] 1. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. [1913 Webster] Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. [1913 Webster] Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: rouse v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: {bestir}, {rouse}] 2: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." [syn: {rout out}, {drive out}, {force out}, {rouse}] 3: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: {agitate}, {rouse}, {turn on}, {charge}, {commove}, {excite}, {charge up}] [ant: {calm}, {calm down}, {lull}, {quiet}, {quieten}, {still}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillise}, {tranquillize}] 4: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: {awaken}, {wake}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}, {arouse}] [ant: {cause to sleep}]