Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
avuncular
avunculate
aw
aw-shucks
AWACS
await
Awakabal
awake
awaken
awakening
award
award letter
aware
awash
away
away from the market
away goal
Click to move down the list of words
Print Preview
See pronunciation key
Search for "awaken" in all of MSN Encarta
E-mail this entry
Blog about this entry on MSN Spaces
Download the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary

awaken

a·wak·en [ ə wáykən ] (past and past participle a·wak·ened, present participle a·wak·en·ing, 3rd person present singular a·wak·ens)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
wake up: to wake up from sleep or a similar state

[ Old English āwæcnian< wæcnan "waken" < Germanic]

a·wak·en·er noun

Word Usage

See awake.

Advertisement

Also on Encarta
Englishtown: Learn English online
Our Partners
Also on MSN
Encarta Message Boards (© Rubberball/Jupiterimages)
Shopping
© 2009 Microsoft