(a) To become awake, awaken (from sleep, swooning, a vision, etc.); -- also refl.; (b) fig. to be aroused (from lethargy, sin, sorrow, etc.); (c) impv.: rouse yourself, wake up!

To be or stay awake, be wakeful; be alert.

(a) To come into existence, arise, come about, happen; of persons: to be born or created; of the wind: to spring up; of a story: to be composed or recited; ~ of, to originate in, spring from; (b) to cause (sth.), produce.

(a) To wake (sb.) up, arouse (sb. from sleep, a swoon, a stupor, etc.); (b) fig. to arouse (sb. from indifference, sluggishness, sin, etc.), excite.

To assail or attack (sb.).