Awaken

Awaken - Other Definitions

• () of Awake
  
  
• (v. t.) To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
  
  
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Awaken
  
  
• (a.) Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
  
  
• (n.) The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.