awaken
verb (used with or without object)
to awake; waken.
awakener
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a word derived from
awaken.
Example Sentences
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In the "Defence of Poetry" he pays a glowing tribute to Dante as the second of epic poets and "the first awakener of entranced Europe."
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
Wonder, the most fertile awakener of intelligence, and vision are closely akin to imagination, and both are greatly needed in this work-a-day world.
From The Cat in Grandfather's House by Carl Henry Grabo
Nothing could have been a more effective awakener.
From The Dog Crusoe and his Master by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Beyond his Limits.—When an artist wants to be more than an artist—for example, the moral awakener of his people—he at last falls in love, as a punishment, with a monster of moral substance.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
It is blind worship by instinct; it is a sign of awakening sense, but it is not its awakener.
From Lore of Proserpine by Maurice Henry Hewlett
