awaken

🇺🇸 /əˈweɪkən/ 🇬🇧 /əˈweɪkən/
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verb
R

To stop sleeping or to cause someone else to stop sleeping.

The loud music at the party awakened her.

R

To cause a feeling or emotion to start being felt.

The movie awakened a sense of nostalgia in him.

translation

v. To stop sleeping or to cause someone else to stop sleeping.; To cause a feeling or emotion to start being felt.

Word Forms

3rd Present awakens
Past awakened
Perfect awakened
Progressive awakening