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awaken
[ uh-wey-kuhn ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to awake; waken.
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Other Words From
- a·waken·a·ble adjective
- a·waken·er noun
- rea·waken verb
- well-a·wakened adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
I get lifted by yearning, as if I were going to melt into him again, then I awaken to reality and seek to quiet my feelings.
Half a year earlier, he presciently said Sunnis had begun to “awaken” (his word) in Anbar Province.
Zionism hardly resolved my problems of modern Jewish identity, but it did awaken my pride in peoplehood.
The New York Times has only recently begun to awaken from its 10-year slumber.
We need artists and filmmakers to awaken America to the disaster ahead.
A ray of Consciousness is passed over that impression and you re-read it, you re-awaken the record.
If you are thinking of making an Abstract of a particular book, awaken the utmost interest in regard to it before you begin.
Whereas her first impulse had been to awaken someone, preferably Sir Lucien, now her sole desire was to escape undetected.
Paula had announced her intention of visiting her children in the course of the afternoon; she would hardly awaken for luncheon.
Nor was Mr. Bumbles gloom the only thing calculated to awaken a pleasing melancholy in the bosom of a spectator.
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