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awaken - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'awaken' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Awaken
- of Awake
2 . Awaken [ v. t.]
- To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.

Meaning of 'awaken' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . awaken [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to become awake or conscious
Example in sentence:
  • He was roused by the drunken men in the street;
  • Please wake me at 6 AM.
Meaning (2):
- stop sleeping
Example in sentence:
  • She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Meaning (3):
- make aware
Example in sentence:
  • They were awakened to the sad facts

Nearby Words:

await awaited awaiting awake awaked awakened awakener awakening awakenment awaking

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