awaken

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/əˈweɪkən/ English

Definitions

verb

To become conscious after having slept.
To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
To excite or to stir up something latent.
To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

verb

To cause to become awake.“She awakened him by ringing the bell.”
To stop sleeping; awake.“Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.”
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.“Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!”
To call to a sense of sin.

Related words

Synonyms

awaken wake up bring round cry awake stir animate energize knock up uprouse waken wake come alive arouse rouse waking reawaken alert

Antonyms

fall asleep put to sleep

Associated

kundalini slumber awakened ibsen hibernation latent coma dormant awakens mata awakening sleeping

Rhymes

forsaken take in taken waken overtaken undertaken mistaken bacon break in shaken

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