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rouse

(r/AU/z )

become active(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bestir

source: wordnet30
force or drive out(verb.motion)

Synonym:
drive out, force out, rout out

source: wordnet30
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, turn on
Antonym:
calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize

source: wordnet30
cause to become awake or conscious(verb.body)

Example:
He was roused by the drunken men in the street.

Synonym:
arouse, awaken, wake, wake up, waken
Antonym:
cause to sleep

source: wordnet30
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.(verb)

source: webster1913
To get or start up; to rise.(verb)

source: webster1913

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