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
Polya	-	Bulgarian
Gardenia	gahr-DEEN-yə	English (Rare)
FranÇOis	frawn-SWAW	French
Tijana	-	Serbian, Croatian
Unice	-	English (Rare)
Joella	-	English