Definition of "awaken" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to become awake.

2. (intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.

   • Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.

3. (transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.

   • Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
   • We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.

4. (theology) To call to a sense of sin.

5. (rare) past participle of awake

6. (transitive, figurative) To cause to become aware.

7. (intransitive, figurative) To become aware.

   • I suddenly awoke to the possibilities of the new invention.