awakening
/əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/verb
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To cause to become awake.
"She awakened him by ringing the bell."
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To stop sleeping; awake.
"Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face."
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To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
"Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!"
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To call to a sense of sin.
Synonyms:
awake, stir, animate, energize, knock up, uprouse
Antonyms:
fall asleep
noun
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The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
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A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
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Being roused into action or activity.
adjective
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Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
"the awakening city an awakening discourse the awakening dawn."