rouse
verb (used with object)
to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc..
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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All my friends of the Other Sex will have roused to the defense of their Country, and will be away.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart