To awake from sleep or repose.

To be exited to thought or action from a state of
indolence or inattention.

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 get or start up; to rise.

To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.

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

A bumper in honor of a toast or health.

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

A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.

To raise; to make erect.