awaken
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
- awakenable adjective
- awakener noun
- reawaken verb
- well-awakened adjective
Etymology
Origin of awaken
before 900; Middle English awak ( e ) nen, Old English awæcnian earlier onwæcnian. See a- 1, waken
Example Sentences
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The illusion awakens him to a new means of looking at “nature and culture, the given and the constructed,” wherein these supposed binaries collapse together and exist simultaneously.
My butterflies awaken and start their sickly rubbing of my insides.
From Literature
Nearing the eleven o’clock hour, when the waxy moon loomed high above the creaking canopy of Deadwood, Clare was awakened by a knock.
From Literature
Over four nights, participants were awakened more than 1,000 times and asked to describe what they were experiencing just before waking.
From Science Daily
She saw the corporate demos as tools to awaken Xerox to the corporate value of the work being done at PARC.
From Los Angeles Times
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