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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
awakened
adj
  1. aroused or activated; "an awakened interest in ballet"
    Antonym(s): unawakened
  2. (somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby began to cry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Awaken \A*wak"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.
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