Definitions
1.verbTo become conscious after having slept.
2.verbTo cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
3.verbTo excite or to stir up something latent.
4.verbTo rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
5.verbTo come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
6.verbTo cause to become awake."She awakened him by ringing the bell."
7.verbTo stop sleeping; awake."Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face."
8.verbTo bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate."Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!"
9.verbTo call to a sense of sin.