awaken.
To cause to become awake.
Meaning & usage
To cause to become awake.
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!
We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.
Of something previously dormant, to become active.
To call to a sense of sin.
past participle of awake
To cause to become aware.
To become aware.
I suddenly awoke to the possibilities of the new invention.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English awakenen or awaknen, from Old English awæcnan or awæcnian, from a- plus wæcnan or wæcnian.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.