Hypertext Webster Gateway: "awakened"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS.
[=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[ae]cnan
to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.]
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) 1.7 (wn)
awakened
adj 1: aroused or activated; "an awakened interest in ballet" [ant:
{unawakened}]
2: (somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby
began to cry"
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