Associations to the word «Awaken»

Wiktionary

AWAKEN, verb. (transitive) To cause to become awake.
AWAKEN, verb. (transitive) To cause to become conscious.
AWAKEN, verb. (intransitive) To stop sleeping.

Dictionary definition

AWAKEN, verb. Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.".
AWAKEN, verb. Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock".
AWAKEN, verb. Make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats