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What to Know. 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').
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. a new generation awakening to the importance of political action.
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. Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious. anti-sleep.
waken. intransitive: to cease to sleep; to become awake. transitive: To rouse (a person or animal) from sleep or unconsciousness. Confusion about the past tense forms stems from the fact that the words evolved from two Old English verbs, one of which was “strong” and one of which was “weak.”
Definition of awaken verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : to arouse from sleep or a sleeplike state. He was awoken by the storm. 2. : to make active : to stir up. an experience that awoke old memories. awake.
To awaken someone is to wake them up. You might awaken your roommate accidentally by practicing your tap dance routine in the kitchen. You can awaken another person, and a noise or the smell of pancakes or a scary dream can all awaken you from a deep sleep.
Awaken definition: to awake; waken.. See examples of AWAKEN used in a sentence.
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. Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious. anti-sleep.
to cause (someone) to regain consciousness after being asleep. He was snoring when Desmond awakened him. 4. (transitive) to cause (an emotion, etc) to start to be experienced. The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures. Your ex has awakened old passions.
