Definitions for awaken
əˈweɪ kənawak·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouseverb

   cause to become awake or conscious

   "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

2. wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, wakenverb

   stop sleeping

   "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

3. awakenverb

   make aware

   "They were awakened to the sad facts"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. awakenverb

   To cause to become awake.

2. awakenverb

   To cause to become conscious.

3. awakenverb

   To stop sleeping.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Awakenv.a. and v.n.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Awaken

   of Awake

2. Awakenverb

   to rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake

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1. Awaken

   Awaken is an underground rock band / indie music project based in Belgium. They released two official albums and numerous demo tapes and web-only singles since their early days in 1988. Not related to the modern Belgian scene at all, Awaken gained interest from Vietnamese people since the release of a Vietnamese song and legend, "Chú Mèo Ngủ Quên", and in Japan with the virtual EP "別府NIGHTS". Recently, a cover of a Vietnamese children song "Rửa Mặt Như Mèo" has been recorded and has been heard on Vietnamese internet, though not officially released. Since 2005, Awaken is part of the team of the indies Japanese label It's Oh! Music based in Miyazaki city.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of awaken in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of awaken in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of awaken in a Sentence

1. Sharon Holland:

   I can't imagine this announcement would be made in a public press conference if there was going to be something that was going to awaken and evoke the rawness of all of this once again, i don't think we would be hearing it spoken in that venue if that were the case.

2. Aaron Bruce:

   Awaken the sleep, protect the weak, and guide the strong.

3. Albert Camus:

   When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

4. Natalie Dautovich:

   It's more difficult to awaken from [this stage] of sleep than [others], whenever you wake up from a deeper stage of sleep, you can experience sleep inertia, which is a feeling of disorientation.

5. White House:

   It would also awaken every American to this simple fact: if this scourge has not found you or your family yet, without bold action by everyone, it soon will, you, Mr. President, are the only person who can bring this type of intensity to the emergency, and we believe you have the will to do so and to do so immediately.

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