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  2. Definition of awaken verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. awaken. verb. /əˈweɪkən/ (formal) Verb Forms. Phrasal Verbs. [intransitive, transitive, often passive] to wake up; to make somebody wake up. awaken (somebody) (from/to something) She awakened to the sound of birds singing.

  3. The verbs awake and awaken both mean "to rise from sleep." The most common inflections of awake are the past tense awoke ('she awoke suddenly') and the past participle awoken ('she was awoken suddenly').

  4. awaken. verb [ I or T ] literary uk / əˈweɪ.k ə n / us / əˈweɪ.k ə n / Add to word list. to stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping: They were awakened by the sound of gunfire. I awakened at dawn to find him beside me. Synonyms. awake literary. bestir yourself formal or humorous. rouse. wake (someone) up (STOP SLEEPING)

  5. verb [ I or T ] literary us / əˈweɪ.k ə n / uk / əˈweɪ.k ə n / Add to word list. to stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping: They were awakened by the sound of gunfire. I awakened at dawn to find him beside me. Synonyms. awake literary. bestir yourself formal or humorous. rouse. wake (someone) up (STOP SLEEPING)

  6. Jan 21, 2014 · Awaken is a transitive verb requiring a direct object. It means “cause [someone or something] to become awake”. It is a regular verb: both the past and past participle forms are awakened: My wife awakens me if I oversleep. My wife awakened me at seven o’clock. He was awakened by a loud crash. The verb wake, woke, woken/wakened is also ...

  7. 4 days ago · (əˈweɪkən ) verb literary. 1. See to awaken to something. 2. (intransitive) to regain consciousness after being asleep. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments. 3. (transitive) to cause (someone) to regain consciousness after being asleep. He was snoring when Desmond awakened him. 4. (transitive)

  8. to cause an emotion, feeling, etc: The song awakened painful memories. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. awaken verb (WAKE) to wake up, or make someone wake up.

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