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awaken

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
awaken/əˈweɪkən/

▶verb

1 stop sleeping.

2 rouse (a feeling).

– derivatives
awakening noun & adjective.

– origin OE onwæcnan, from on ‘on’ + waken.

'awaken' also found in these Oxford entries:

arouse - knock - reawaken - rouse

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