awaken
(verb)
verb
1. cause to become awake or conscious
Similar word(s): arouse, rouse, wake, waken
Definition categories: body, alter, change, modify
2. stop sleeping
Similar word(s): arouse, awake, wake, waken
Definition categories: body, turn
3. make aware
- They were awakened to the sad facts
Definition categories: cognition, affect, impress, move, strike
Sentences with awaken as a verb:
- She awakened him by ringing the bell.
- How to awaken your brain?
- How to awaken your entrepreneurial spirit?
- We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.
- Each morning he awakens with a smile in his face.