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What does rouse mean?

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Noun
  1. An arousal.
  2. (military, Britain and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
Verb
  1. To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
  2. To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
  3. To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
  4. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
  5. (nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul.
  6. (obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
  7. (slang, when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.
Noun
  1. An official ceremony over drinks.
  2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
  3. Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
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