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