awaken : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: awaken	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for awaken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
awaken v cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." Synonym(s): awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse Antonym(s): cause to sleep stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" Synonym(s): wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken Antonym(s): dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awake \A*wake"\, v. t. [imp. {Awoke}, {Awaked}; p. p. {Awaked}; (Obs.) {Awaken}, {Awoken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awaking}. The form {Awoke} is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. [be]w[91]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[omac]c), and [be]wacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See {Awaken}, {Wake}.] 1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken. Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. --Tennyson. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. --Matt. viii. 25. 2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. --Goldsmith. It way awake my bounty further. --Shak. No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awaken \Awak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. [be]w[91]cnan, [be]w[91]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[91]cnan to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken* whom thou nam'st. --Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson. Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.