To excite or to stir up something latent.
To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
To make aware of something.
To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
To become conscious after having slept.
Not asleep; conscious.
Alert, aware.
To make active, lively, or interesting.
To cause to regain consciousness, or return as if from death.
To cause to be alive or real.