expergē-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [expergo], to awaken, rouse.
I Lit.: expergefactus e somno, Suet. Calig. 6; 38; id. Aug. 94: repente, id. Claud. 8; Vulg. Gen. 41, 4 al.—
II Transf., in gen., to arouse , stir up , excite : si forte expergefacere te posses, * Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38: Italiam terrore subito, Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45: Musaea mele per chordas digitis expergefacta, awoke , i. e. produced , Lucr. 2, 413: flagitium, i. e. to commit , Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 42.