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| rouse | |
| 1. subst. An arousal. |  |
| 2. subst. (military, British and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse. | |
| 3. v. To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy. | |
| 4. v. To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.). | |
| to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions | |
| 5. v. To provoke (someone) to action or anger. | |
| 6. v. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place. | |
| to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase | |
| 7. v. (nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete) To raise; to make erect. | |
| 9. v. (slang) To tell off; to criticise. | |
| He roused on her for being late yet again. | |
| 10. subst. An official ceremony over drinks. | |
| 11. subst. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. | |
| 12. subst. Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper. | |
