Lewis Short
(verb) : expergē-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, expergo
* To awaken, rouse.
* Lit.: expergefactus e somno,Suet. Calig. 6; 38; id. Aug. 94: repente,id. Claud. 8; Vulg. Gen. 41, 4 al.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary