Lewis & Short

expergē-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [expergo], to awaken, rouse.

  1. I. Lit.: expergefactus e somno, Suet. Calig. 6; 38; id. Aug. 94: repente, id. Claud. 8; Vulg. Gen. 41, 4 al.
  2. 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.