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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Awaken

/əw-āk'-ən/ · A·wak·en · IPA /əˈweɪkən/
01 v. t. & i. To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
imp. & p. p. Awakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening
  1. 1.
    To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
    “[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st.” Cowper.
    “Their consciences are thoroughly awakened.” Tillotson.
Syn. To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.