Definition:
- (v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
- (n.) A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
- (n.) A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
- (v.) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
- (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
- (v.) To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
- (v.) To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
- (v.) To raise; to make erect.
- (v. i.) To get or start up; to rise.
- (v. i.) To awake from sleep or repose.
- (v. i.) To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
Compare rouse with other words:
rouse vs. trouse
awake vs. rouse
rouse vs. touse
rouse vs. roused
crouse vs. rouse
ouse vs. rouse
rouse vs. youse
douse vs. rouse
rouse vs. route
rouse vs. souse
bouse vs. rouse
grouse vs. rouse
louse vs. rouse
house vs. rouse
rose vs. rouse
mouse vs. rouse
arise vs. rouse
prompt vs. rouse
energized vs. rouse
rouse vs. uprouse
exsuscitate vs. rouse
commove vs. rouse
firk vs. rouse
promote vs. rouse
energize vs. rouse
raise vs. rouse
rouse vs. suscitate
bestir vs. rouse
awaken vs. rouse
publicity vs. rouse
rouse vs. roust
inattention vs. rouse
indolence vs. rouse
haul vs. rouse
pull vs. rouse
rouse vs. strength
action vs. rouse
apathy vs. rouse
rouse vs. sleep
awoken vs. rouse
bed vs. rouse
rise vs. rouse
rouse vs. signal
reveille vs. rouse
bugle vs. rouse
carousal vs. rouse
rouse vs. sounding
ceremony vs. rouse
arousal vs. rouse
rouse vs. ruse
rouse vs. rousing
rouse vs. waken
incentive vs. rouse
jog vs. rouse
rear vs. rouse
arouse vs. rouse
incite vs. rouse
anger vs. rouse
provoke vs. rouse
rouse vs. rouser
rouse vs. starter
move vs. rouse
alarm vs. rouse
agitate vs. rouse
rouse vs. stir
rouse vs. wake