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arouse (one) from

To wake someone. Can someone arouse Todd from his sleep? It's one in the afternoon!

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arouse someone from something

to activate a person out of a state of rest, sleep, or inaction. I could not arouse her from her sleep. She aroused herself from a deep sleep.

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