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expergefacio

expergefacio, to arouse, stir up, excite

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 (199).

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