awaken

//əˈweɪkən//
B2Frequency Level 9Literary
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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.

Antonym