awaken

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• Awaken — Image officielle d Awaken depuis 2006 Pays d’origine Belgique, Japon, Việt Nam Genre musical Ro …   Wikipédia en Français

• Awaken — may refer to: *Awaken (song), a song by the British progressive rock band Yes on their 1977 album Going for the One , *Awaken (band), a Belgian underground pop music project, *Awaken (album), a 1996 album by the British doom metal band The Blood… …   Wikipedia

• Awaken — A*wak en, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on + w[ae]cnan to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• awaken — (v.) O.E. awæcnan (intrans.), to spring into being, arise, originate, also, less often, to wake up; earlier onwæcnan, from A (Cf. a ) (1) on + wæcnan (see WAKEN (Cf. waken)). Transitive meaning to rouse from sleep is recorded from 1510s;… …   Etymology dictionary

• awaken — [ə wā′kən] vt., vi. [ME awakenen < OE awæcnian, to awaken < on , out + wæcnian, to WAKEN] to awake; wake up; rouse SYN. STIR1 awakener n …   English World dictionary

• awaken — index disabuse, elicit, foment, incite, inspire, originate, perceive, provoke, stimulate …   Law dictionary

• awaken — waken, rouse, arouse, *stir, rally Analogous words: excite, galvanize, quicken, stimulate, *provoke: kindle, fire (see LIGHT): elicit, evoke (see EDUCE) Antonyms: subdue Contrasted words: *arrest, check: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• awaken — [v] make conscious or alert activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, pile out*, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine*, roll out*, rouse, show a leg*, stimulate, stir up, turn out*, vivify, wake; concepts… …   New thesaurus

• awaken — ► VERB 1) awake. 2) rouse (a feeling). DERIVATIVES awakening noun & adjective …   English terms dictionary

• awaken to — a ˈwaken to [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they awaken to he/she/it awakens to present participle awakening to past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• awaken — [[t]əwe͟ɪkən[/t]] awakens, awakening, awakened 1) VERB To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. [LITERARY] [V n] The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures …   English dictionary