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expergefaction Now rare.|ɛkˌspɜːdʒɪˈfækʃən| [ad. late L. expergēfactiōn-em, n. of action f. expergēfacĕre, f. experg-ĕre to awake, rouse + facĕre to make, cause.] The action of awaking or rousing; the state, condition or fact of being awakened or aroused.
1638O. Sedgwicke Serm. (1639) 15 An heavenly expergefaction. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋204 The dilatory expergefaction from a disease. 1660Howell Parly of Beasts 45 Having, after such a long noctivagation..return'd to my perfect expergefaction. 1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 94 Another propitious recollection; namely, my first expergefaction at Farsa. 1827G. S. Faber, Sacr. Calendar Prophecy (1844) III. 118 The first Head, after a long reign of more than 1800 years subsequent to its expergefaction by Augustus, etc. |