| VERB | body | awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse | cause to become awake or conscious |
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| body | awaken, wake up, awake, arouse, wake, come alive, waken | stop sleeping | |
| cognition | awaken | make aware / aware |
| Sounds | ahwey'kahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Cause to become awake or conscious. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse | |
| Narrower | bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | Return to consciousness |
| call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call | |
| reawaken | awaken once again | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | cause to sleep | make fall asleep |
| Spanish | despertarse, despertar | |
| Catalan | despertar-se, despertar | |
| Nouns | awakening | the act of waking |
| Meaning | stop sleeping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | wake up, awake, arouse, wake, come alive, waken | |
| Entails | sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's | Be asleep |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Opposite | fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off | change from a waking to a sleeping state |
| Spanish | desadormecerse, despabilarse, despertarse, despertar, resucitar | |
| Catalan | despertar-se, despertar, excitar, llevar-se | |
| Nouns | awakening | the act of waking |
| Meaning | make aware / aware. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "They were awakened to the sad facts" | |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Spanish | despertarse | |
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