awaken

/əˈweɪkən/

verb

  1. 1

    To become conscious after having slept.

  2. 2

    To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

  3. 3

    To excite or to stir up something latent.

  4. 4

    To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

  5. 5

    To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

verb

  1. 1

    To cause to become awake.

    She awakened him by ringing the bell.
  2. 2

    To stop sleeping; awake.

    Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
  3. 3

    To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.

    Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
  4. 4

    To call to a sense of sin.

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