awaken
[verb]
Synonyms:
- awake, arouse, revive, rouse, wake
- alert, kindle, provoke, stimulate, stir up

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Contrasted words: arrest, check, retard, subdue, calm, compose, restrain
Related Idioms: stir the feelings (or blood) of
Related Words: fire, inflame, alert

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

a‧wak‧en /əˈweɪkən/ verb formal
[Language: Old English; Origin: awæcnian, from wæcnian; ⇒ waken]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to wake up or to make someone wake up:
She was awakened by a noise at two in the morning.
Bill slept a little until he was awakened to take his turn on guard.

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In everyday English, people usually use wake up rather than awaken:
She was woken up by the phone ringing.

2. [transitive] if something awakens an emotion, interest, memory etc it makes you suddenly begin to feel that emotion etc:
Early involvement in music can awaken an interest that will last a lifetime.
awaken somebody to something phrasal verb
to make someone understand a situation and its possible effects:
We must awaken people to the dangers for the environment.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

awaken
verb
ADV. early, late
PREP. from She was just awakening from sleep.
PHRASES be rudely awakened He was rudely awakened by the sound of drilling.

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