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expergē-făcĭo , fēci, factum, 3, v. a. expergo,
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.38
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.3
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 41.4
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 94
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 6
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 8
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.413
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