Definitions
1.verbTo cause to become awake."She awakened him by ringing the bell."
2.verbTo stop sleeping; awake."Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face."
3.verbTo bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate."Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!"
4.verbTo call to a sense of sin.
5.nounThe act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
6.nounA revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
7.nounBeing roused into action or activity.
8.adjectiveRousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting"the awakening city
an awakening discourse
the awakening dawn."