arouse

arouse (one) from

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

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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ezras	-	Biblical Latin
Carleton	KAHRL-tən	English
Ayre	[eə]
Jafar	-	Arabic
Caspar	-	Judeo-Christian Legend
Cruzita	kroo-THEE-tah (Spanish), kroo-SEE-tah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish