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Webster 1913 Edition

Awaken

A-wak′en

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Awakened

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Awakening

[OE.

awakenen

awaknen

, AS.

āwæcnan

āwæcnian

, v. i.; pref.

on-

wæcnan

to wake. Cf.

Awake

Verb.

]

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Awaken

AWA'KEN

Verb.

awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or intransitive; but more frequently transitive, as awake is more frequently intransitive. its significations are the same as those of awake.

Definition 2024

awaken

English

Verb

awaken ‎(third-person singular simple present awakens, present participle awakening, simple past and past participle awakened)

(transitive) To cause to become awake.
She awakened him by ringing the bell.
(transitive) To cause to become conscious.

How to awaken your brain?

How to awaken your entrepreneurial spirit?

We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.
(intransitive) To stop sleeping.
Each morning he awakens with a smile in his face.

Synonyms

(intransitive, to stop sleeping): awake, stir

Antonyms

(stop sleeping): fall asleep

Translations

transitive: to cause to become awake

Arabic: أَفَاقَ ‎(ʾafāqa), أَيْقَظَ ‎(ʾayqaẓa), أَصْحَى ‎(ʾaṣḥā)
Moroccan Arabic: فيّق ‎(fejjeq)
Armenian: զարթնեցնել (hy) ‎(zartʿnecʿnel), արթնացնել ‎(artʿnacʿnel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喚醒 (zh), 唤醒 (zh) ‎(huànxǐng), 叫醒 (zh) ‎(jiàoxǐng)
Czech: vzbudit (cs)
Dutch: wekken (nl), wakker maken
Finnish: herättää (fi)
French: réveiller (fr)
Georgian: გაღვიძება ‎(gaɣviʒeba)
German: aufwecken (de), wecken (de)
Interlingua: eveliar

Japanese: 起こす (ja) ‎(おこす, okosu)
Latin: excito
Persian: بلند کردن (fa) ‎(boland kardan), (colloquial) بلن کردن ‎(bolan kardan), بیدار کردن (fa) ‎(bidâr kardan)
Portuguese: acordar (pt), despertar (pt)
Quechua: hatariy
Romanian: scula (ro), deștepta (ro), trezi (ro)
Russian: буди́ть (ru) impf ‎(budítʹ), разбуди́ть (ru) pf ‎(razbudítʹ), пробужда́ть (ru) impf ‎(probuždátʹ), пробуди́ть (ru) pf ‎(probudítʹ)
Spanish: despertar (es)
Swedish: väcka (sv)
Walloon: dispierter (wa), rewoeyî (wa)

transitive: to cause to become conscious

Armenian: արթնացնել ‎(artʿnacʿnel)
Finnish: herättää (fi), havahduttaa
Georgian: გაღვიძება ‎(gaɣviʒeba)
German: erwachen (de), wecken (de)

Latin: excito
Portuguese: acordar (pt)
Russian: пробужда́ть (ru) impf ‎(probuždátʹ), пробуди́ть (ru) pf ‎(probudítʹ)
Spanish: despertar (es)

intransitive: to stop sleeping

Arabic: صَحَى ‎(ṣaḥā), اِسْتَيَقَظَ ‎(istayaqaẓa)
Moroccan Arabic: فاق ‎(faq)
Armenian: զարթնել (hy) ‎(zartʿnel), արթնանալ (hy) ‎(artʿnanal)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醒 (zh) ‎(xǐng), 醒來 (zh), 醒来 (zh) ‎(xǐnglái)
Dutch: zich opwekken, wakker worden (nl)
Finnish: herätä (fi)
French: se réveiller (fr)
Georgian: გაღვიძება ‎(gaɣviʒeba), გამოღვიძება ‎(gamoɣviʒeba)
German: aufwachen (de), erwachen (de), wach werden

Japanese: 起きる (ja) ‎(おきる, okiru), 目覚める ‎(めざめる, mezameru), 目を覚ます ‎(めをさます, me o samasu)
Latin: excitor, exsuscito
Persian: بیدار شدن (fa) ‎(bidâr šodan)
Portuguese: acordar (pt), despertar (pt)
Russian: просыпа́ться (ru) impf ‎(prosypátʹsja), просну́ться (ru) pf ‎(prosnútʹsja), пробужда́ться (ru) impf ‎(probuždátʹsja), пробуди́ться (ru) pf ‎(probudítʹsja)
Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
Spanish: despertarse (es)
Walloon: si dispierter (wa), si rewoeyî (wa)

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Webster 1913 Edition

Awaken

A-wak′en

Webster 1828 Edition

Awaken

AWA'KEN

Definition 2024

awaken

awaken

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