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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Awake \A*wake"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Awoke}, {Awaked}; p. p. {Awaked}; (Obs.) {Awaken}, {Awoken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awaking}. The form {Awoke} is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, verb (used without an object) (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, verb (used without an object) (imp. awacode). See {Awaken}, {Wake}.]
1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. --Tennyson.
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. --Matt. viii. 25.
2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. --Goldsmith.
It way awake my bounty further. --Shak.
No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Awaken \A*wak"en\, verb (used with an object) & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, verb (used without an object); pref. on- + w[ae]cnan to wake. Cf. {Awake}, verb (used with an object)] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. --Cowper.
Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson.
Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
awaken
verb
1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: {wake}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}, {arouse}] [ant: {cause to sleep}]
2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {arouse}, {wake}, {come alive}, {waken}] [ant: {fall asleep}]
3: make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "awaken": alert, annoy, arouse, awake, awaken to, be begotten, be born, be incarnated, become alive to, become aware of, become conscious of, bestir, blow the coals, blow up, break the spell, burst the bubble, call forth, call up, challenge, come alive, come into being, come into existence, come to, come to know, come to life, correct, debunk, disabuse, disappoint, disenchant, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, enkindle, enlighten, enrage, excite, expose, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, feed the fire, fire, flame, foment, frenzy, get hep to, get next to, get up, get wise to, have it reported, heat, impassion, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, key up, kindle, knock up, lather up, learn, let down easy, let in on, light the fuse, light up, live again, madden, move, overexcite, pique, prick the bubble, put straight, quicken, raise, raise up, rally, reanimate, resurge, resuscitate, return to life, revive, rise again, rouse, see the light, set astir, set fire to, set on fire, set right, set straight, shake up, show up, steam up, stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, summon up, tell the truth, turn on, unblindfold, uncharm, undeceive, unspell, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm the blood, whet, whip up, work into, work up
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