awaken

Verb

Verb Forms: awakened, awakening, awakens

To rouse from sleep or stir into action.
cause to become awake or conscious
stop sleeping
make aware
- "They were awakened to the sad facts"
To cause to become awake.
To stop sleeping; awake.
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
To call to a sense of sin.
past participle of awake
To cause to become aware.
To become aware.

Examples

A well-placed ’Q’ can awaken a sleepy Words with Friends board.
Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
I suddenly awoke to the possibilities of the new invention.
We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English awakenen or awaknen, from Old English awæcnan or awæcnian, from a- plus wæcnan or wæcnian.

Synonyms

arouse, awake, come alive, rouse, wake, wake up, waken, animate, awaken, bring round, cry, energize, enliven, knock up, roust, stir, uprouse

Antonyms

cause to sleep, fall asleep, anesthetize, belull, cradle, knock out, lull, put down, put to sleep

Scrabble Score: 13

awaken: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
awaken: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
awaken: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

awaken: valid Words With Friends Word