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Awaken

/əˈweɪkən/

To become conscious after having slept.

📖 Definitions of "Awaken"

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.

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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