To cause to become awake.
Be careful how you touch her, she'll awaken / As sleep's the only freedom all that she knows / And when you walk into her eyes, you won't believe / The way she's always paying for a debt she never owes
To stop sleeping; awake.
Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
From Middle English awakenen or awaknen, from Old English awæcnan or awæcnian, from a- plus wæcnan or wæcnian.
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