Awaken

Quick meaning: Awaken is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause to become awake.

Meaning

(transitive) To cause to become awake.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
2. (transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
3. (intransitive) Of something previously dormant, to become active.
4. (theology) To call to a sense of sin.
5. (transitive, figurative) To cause to become aware.
6. (intransitive, figurative) To become aware.
7. (rare) past participle of awake

Example Sentences

Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!

Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.

We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.

He tries to awaken in them self-respect and reverence for their own spiritual culture.

Word Forms

• awakens
• awakening
• awakened

Synonyms for awaken

Depending on context, synonyms include arouse, awake, cry, knock up, roust, uprouse.

Antonyms for awaken

Common opposites include anesthetize, belull, cradle, knock out, lull, put down.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waken, wake, wake up, awake, arouse, waking.

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