Awaken

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cause to become awake.
  • v. To cause to become conscious.
  • v. To stop sleeping.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become awake; cease to sleep; be roused from sleep or a state resembling sleep: as, to awaken early.
  • To come into being or action as if from sleep: as, hope awakened in his breast.
  • To rouse from sleep or a state resembling sleep; cause to revive from a state of inaction.
  • To call into being or action.
  • [Awaken is chiefly used in figurative or transferred applications, awake being preferred in the sense of arousing from actual sleep.]
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. stop sleeping
  • v. cause to become awake or conscious
  • v. make aware
  • Antonym
    Verb Form
    awakened    awakening    awakens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    turn    change state    strike    impress    affect    move   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stir up    arouse    call forth    excite    wake    rouse    stir    awake   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bacon    Jamaican    Macon    aken    bacon    forsaken    macon    mistaken    reawaken    retaken   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts