(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
To ~ a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. (LITERARY)
The aim of the cruise was to ~ an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures.
VERB: V n
2.
When you ~, or when something or someone ~s you, you wake up. (LITERARY)
Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to ~ at awkward moments...
He was snoring when Desmond ~ed him.
= wake up
VERB: V, V n