Rouse

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