awaken

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English awakenen or awaknen, from Old English awæcnan or awæcnian, from a- plus wæcnan or wæcnian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈweɪkən/ Rhymes: -eɪkən === Verb === awaken (third-person singular simple present awakens, present participle awakening, simple past and past participle awakened) (but see usage notes) (transitive) To cause to become awake. Synonyms: knock up, uprouse; see also Thesaurus:awaken (intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake. Synonyms: awake, stir; see also Thesaurus:wake Antonym: fall asleep (transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate. Synonyms: animate, energize; see also Thesaurus:enliven (theology) To call to a sense of sin. (rare) past participle of awake (transitive, figurative) To cause to become aware. (intransitive, figurative) To become aware. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb, for many speakers, has been essentially conflated with the verb awake, and has adopted parts of awake’s conjugation. awaken remains the bare form (and also in awakens and awakening), but its simple past and past participle are replaced by those of awake: awoke and awoken, respectively. For many others, awaken has simply supplanted awake, without adopting conjugational elements from awake. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====