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1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › awakenAwaken Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   awak· en ə-ˈwā-kən. awakened; awakening ə-ˈwāk-niŋ. ə-ˈwā-kə- ; awakens. Synonyms of awaken. transitive + intransitive. : awake. He was awakened by a knock at the door. I awakened from a deep sleep. She awakened to the smell of bacon and eggs. news that the long-dormant volcano is now awakening.

2. www.merriam-webster.com › wordplay › usage-awakenThe Grammatical History of 'Awaken' / 'Awoken' / 'Awakened'

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   Read on for the differences between awake, awoke, awakened, and awoken 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').

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAWAKENED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   verb [ I or T ] literary uk / əˈweɪ.k ə n / us / əˈweɪ.k ə n / 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) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › awakenawaken verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   The dream awakened terrible memories. Definition of awaken verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › awakenAWAKEN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Browse. Awaken definition: to awake; waken.. See examples of AWAKEN used in a sentence.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › awakenedAWAKENED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   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. wake (someone) up (STOP SLEEPING)

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › awakenAWAKEN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   awaken. 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)

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   What is awaken verb?

   • Definition of awaken verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [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. awaken to do something We awakened to find the others gone.

   awaken verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes

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   What is the inflection of awaken?

   • The most common inflections of awaken are past tense awakened ('he awakened in the night') and the past participle awakened ('he was awakened in the night'). What's one of the first things you do in the morning after you've awoken? Perhaps it's wondering whether you should say awakened there instead of awoken. Or should it be awaked?

   Awaken vs. Awoken vs. Awakened: Correct Usage - Merriam-Webster

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   What is the difference between awake and awaken?

   • Awake and awaken are two distinct verbs that mean the same thing. In other words, they're synonyms, and in the present tense they each behave the way English verbs typically behave: The cat awakes at dawn. The cat awakens at dawn. Things get trickier in the past tense. Our modern verb awake is the result of the long-ago melding of two older verbs.

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   Can you say she awakened & awoke?

   • The core verbs begin to blend together in Middle English, which means that there are now two possible past-tense forms to choose from: awaked and awoke. So it's absolutely permissible to say "she awakened," (using awaken ), "she awaked" (using one inflection of awake ), and "she awoke" (using the other inflection of awake ).

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