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awaken

/əˈweɪk(ə)n

verb [with object]

1Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping: Anna was awakened by the telephone...

The telephone starts to ring awakening me from sleep.
The couple were awakened from their sleep by the loud explosion.
TV news kept it secret, but homeless children in shelters across the country report being awakened from troubled sleep and alerted by dead relatives.

1.1 [no object] Stop sleeping: he sighed but did not awaken...

‘Pity,’ she groaned before drifting off to sleep, never to awaken again.
Dozing off between stations, I managed to awaken at each stop to repeat the question.
‘So, sleeping beauty finally awakens,’ he said, walking towards her.

Synonyms

wake (up)

See also awake

1.2Rouse (a feeling): different images can awaken new emotions within us...

Step 6: The judgment awakens feelings of joy, anger, indifference, etc.
James stumbles across a beautiful fairy-girl, Anastasia, who awakens tender feelings of love that are entirely alien to him.
I would have never thought that a person outside of my family and my circle of close friends could awaken such feelings.

Synonyms

arouse, rouse, call/bring into being, draw/call forth, bring out, engender, generate, evoke, trigger, stir up, inspire, stimulate, excite, kindle, fire, touch off, spark off;

revive

literary enkindle

1.3 (awaken someone to) Make someone aware of (something) for the first time: the film helped to awaken many to the horrors of apartheid...

It also, with hindsight, awakens us to how fragile our governments are.
Barry is pushed deeper and deeper into a hair-tearing abyss, until his sister introduces him to Lena Leonard who, with deceptively simple tenderness in this love story, awakens Barry to his inner strength.
Many believe the attacks in the US have finally awakened America to the effects of terrorism and that funds raised for the IRA's political allies in Sinn Fein will plummet.

Origin

Old English onwæcnan, from on 'on' + waken.

单词	awaken
释义	awaken /əˈweɪk(ə)n / verb [with object] 1Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping: Anna was awakened by the telephone... The telephone starts to ring awakening me from sleep. The couple were awakened from their sleep by the loud explosion. TV news kept it secret, but homeless children in shelters across the country report being awakened from troubled sleep and alerted by dead relatives. 1.1 [no object] Stop sleeping: he sighed but did not awaken... ‘Pity,’ she groaned before drifting off to sleep, never to awaken again. Dozing off between stations, I managed to awaken at each stop to repeat the question. ‘So, sleeping beauty finally awakens,’ he said, walking towards her. Synonyms wake (up) See also awake 1.2Rouse (a feeling): different images can awaken new emotions within us... Step 6: The judgment awakens feelings of joy, anger, indifference, etc. James stumbles across a beautiful fairy-girl, Anastasia, who awakens tender feelings of love that are entirely alien to him. I would have never thought that a person outside of my family and my circle of close friends could awaken such feelings. Synonyms arouse, rouse, call/bring into being, draw/call forth, bring out, engender, generate, evoke, trigger, stir up, inspire, stimulate, excite, kindle, fire, touch off, spark off; revive literary enkindle 1.3 (awaken someone to) Make someone aware of (something) for the first time: the film helped to awaken many to the horrors of apartheid... It also, with hindsight, awakens us to how fragile our governments are. Barry is pushed deeper and deeper into a hair-tearing abyss, until his sister introduces him to Lena Leonard who, with deceptively simple tenderness in this love story, awakens Barry to his inner strength. Many believe the attacks in the US have finally awakened America to the effects of terrorism and that funds raised for the IRA's political allies in Sinn Fein will plummet. Origin Old English onwæcnan, from on 'on' + waken. Rhymes bacon, betaken, forsaken, Jamaican, mistaken, partaken, shaken, taken, waken
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