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To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a
rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. |
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A bumper in honor of a toast or health. |
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A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. |
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To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to
rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. |
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To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or
suddenly. |
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To excite to lively thought or action from a state of
idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the
faculties, passions, or emotions. |
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To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. |
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To raise; to make erect. |
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To get or start up; to rise. |
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To awake from sleep or repose. |
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To be exited to thought or action from a state of
indolence or inattention. |