awaken
11awaken — [[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 …
12awaken to — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms awaken to : present tense I/you/we/they awaken to he/she/it awakens to present participle awakening to past tense awakened to past participle awakened to to begin to notice something, or to make… …
13awaken — awake, awaken, wake, waken 1. forms. Although the history of these words, and in particular of the various forms of past tense and past participle, is highly complex (see the OED entry), in current use awake and wake can be paired as strong verbs …
14awaken — v. 1) see awakeII 2) (formal and rare) (d; tr.) to awaken to (to awaken smb. to a sense of duty) * * * [ə weɪkən] see awake II (formal and rare) (d; tr.) to awaken to (to awaken smb. to a sense of duty) …
15awaken — a|wak|en [əˈweıkən] v formal [: Old English; Origin: awAcnian, from wAcnian; WAKEN] 1.) [I and T] to wake up or to make someone wake up ▪ She was awakened by a noise at two in the morning. ▪ Bill slept a little until he was awakened to take his… …
16awaken — UK [əˈweɪkən] / US verb Word forms awaken : present tense I/you/we/they awaken he/she/it awakens present participle awakening past tense awakened past participle awakened formal 1) [transitive] to make someone experience a feeling or emotion An… …
17Awaken — Awake A*wake , v. t. [imp. {Awoke}, {Awaked}; p. p. {Awaked}; (Obs.) {Awaken}, {Awoken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awaking}. The form {Awoke} is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See …
18awaken — verb formal 1 (T) if something awakens an emotion, it makes you suddenly begin to feel that emotion: We need to awaken a new faith in the hearts of non believers. 2 (I, T) to wake up or to make someone wake up: The noise outside awakened him.… …
19awaken — See awake, awaken See wake, awake, awaken, waken …
20awaken — verb ADVERB ▪ early, late ▪ abruptly, suddenly (both esp. AmE) ▪ slowly (esp. AmE) PREPOSITION ▪ from …
