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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AWA'KEN, v.t. awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or intransitive; but more frequently transitive, as awake is more frequently intransitive. its significations are the same as those of awake.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep]
2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off]
3: make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"

Merriam Webster's

verb (awakened; awakening) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English awęcnian, from a- + węcnian to waken Date: before 12th century awake • awakener noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. 1 = AWAKE v. 2 tr. (often foll. by to) make aware. Etymology: OE onwæcnan etc. (as A-(2), WAKEN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Awake A*wake", v. t. [imp. Awoke, Awaked; p. p. Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.] 1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken. Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. --Tennyson. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. --Matt. viii. 25. 2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. --Goldsmith. It way awake my bounty further. --Shak. No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Awaken A*wak"en, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Awakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[ae]cnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. --Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson. Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(awakens, awakening, awakened) 1. To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. (LITERARY) The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures. VERB: V n 2. When you awaken, or when something or someone awakens you, you wake up. (LITERARY) Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments... He was snoring when Desmond awakened him. = wake up VERB: V, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Awake, wake, rouse from sleep. 2. Arouse, excite, kindle, spur, incite, stimulate, provoke, stir up. II. v. n. 1. Wake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep. 2. Begin, become active, be aroused, be excited, return to life, come to life.

Moby Thesaurus

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