awaken vs awake vs wake vs waken

Definitions

verb

1. make aware
2. cause to become awake or conscious
3. stop sleeping

Examples

The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.

Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.

I was partly awakened by noise and a couple of guys crowding me as they sat on the edge of my cot.

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Definitions

adjective

1. mentally perceptive and responsive
2. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

verb

1. stop sleeping

Examples

The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.

Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.

He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.

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Definitions

verb

1. make aware of
2. cause to become awake or conscious
3. stop sleeping
4. arouse or excite feelings and passions
5. be awake, be alert, be there

noun

1. a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
2. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
3. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

Examples

The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.

Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.

He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.

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Definitions

verb

1. cause to become awake or conscious
2. stop sleeping

Examples

The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.

Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.

I was partly awakened by noise and a couple of guys crowding me as they sat on the edge of my cot.

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