awaken
//əˈweɪkən//
Verb
awakenInfinitive
awakenPresent tense
awakenedPast tense
awakenedPast participle
awakeningPresent participle
awakensThird-person singular
1
To stop sleeping; to wake up from sleep.
I awakened early this morning.
2
To cause someone to stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
The loud thunder awakened the children in the middle of the night.
3
To stir up or bring into existence (a feeling, memory, or awareness); to evoke or arouse.
The old photograph awakened memories of my childhood.