awaken

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈweɪkən/ UK /əˈweɪkən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to wake from sleep or to rouse a feeling or awareness

The story awakened a longing for his childhood home.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to wake from sleep or to... wake rouse arouse stir waken kindle stimulate revive

Opposites

sleep lull quiet deaden

Word family

Forms reawakenreawakening

Derived forms awakeningawakenedawakener

Related forms wake waken awake

Etymology

From Old English awæcnan ('to spring into being, arise, wake up'), from a- (intensive prefix) + wæcnan ('to wake'), from Proto-Germanic *waknan.

awæcnan Old English *waknan Proto-Germanic *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# awaken

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈweɪkən/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈweɪkən/

## Meanings
1. to wake from sleep or to rouse a feeling or awareness

## Examples
- The story awakened a longing for his childhood home.

## Synonyms
- wake
- rouse
- arouse
- stir
- waken
- kindle
- stimulate
- revive

## Antonyms
- sleep
- lull
- quiet
- deaden

## Derived Forms
- awakening
- awakened
- awakener

## Related Forms
- wake
- waken
- awake

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: awæcnan
- Root: *waknan
- Root: *weǵ-

## Etymology
From Old English awæcnan ('to spring into being, arise, wake up'), from a- (intensive prefix) + wæcnan ('to wake'), from Proto-Germanic *waknan.

## AI Etymology
Awaken is from Old English awæcnan ('to spring into being, arise, wake up'), from a- (intensive prefix) + wæcnan ('to wake'), from Proto-Germanic *waknan. In present-day use, it means to wake from sleep or to rouse a feeling or awareness. Derived formations include awakening, awakened, and awakener. Related vocabulary includes wake, waken, and awake.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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