AWAKEN


Meaning of AWAKEN in English

əˈwākən verb

( awakened ; awakened ; awakening -k(ə)niŋ ; awakens )

Etymology: Middle English awakenen, from Old English awæcnian, onwæcnian, from a- (I) , on + wæcnian, wæcnan to awake — more at waken

intransitive verb

: awake

the youth awakened slowly — Stephen Crane

England … had awakened from its age-old isolation — Van Wyck Brooks

old infirmities awaken under our skins — V.S.Pritchett

we have awakened to this fact — G.W.Chapman

transitive verb

: awake

wondering what had awakened her — Ann Petry

a rare gift of awakening the keen interest of his students — H.K.Barrows

did more than any other to awaken the churches of this faith to the value of their heritage — C.A.Dinsmore

Synonyms: see stir

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.