I.to rouse from sleep, to awaken (class.).
I. Lit.: “exsuscitate vostram huc custodem mihi,” Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 91: “te gallorum cantus exsuscitat,” Cic. Mur. 9, 22.—
B. Transf., of fire, to kindle: “flammas exsuscitat aurā,” Ov. F. 5, 507: “ne parvus ignis ingens incendium exsuscitet,” Liv. 21, 3, 6. —