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Definition of awaken : 1. of Awake
2. To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.

Synonyms:

fire, evoke, bring up, stir up, rouse, invoke, drive out, stir, excite, come alive, animate, sex, commove, turn on, agitate, elicit, raise, brace, force out, arouse, conjure up, stimulate, call, inflame, call forth, have, wake, provoke, put forward, energize, ignite, fire up, get up, touch, bestir, affect, awake, inspire, knock up, kindle, awareness, call down, perk up, energise, enkindle, charge, charge up, study at, waken, wake up, rout out, conjure, wind up, heat

Usage examples:

• The young man seemed to awaken; he looked uneasily from one to the other, and his face flushed deeply. - "New-Arabian-Nights", Stevenson, Robert Louis.
• Occasionally some puncher would awaken long enough to look at the sky to see if the weather had changed, and satisfied, return to sleep. - "Hopalong Cassidy", Clarence E. Mulford.
• Rose had been on deck, as the vessel approached this singular and solitary haven, watching the movements of those on board, as well as the appearance of objects on the land, with the interest her situation would be- likely to awaken. - "Jack Tier or The Florida Reef", James Fenimore Cooper.