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Antonyms for awakens

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-wey-kuh n
Phonetic Transcription : əˈweɪ kən

Definition of awakens

Origin :
  • Old English awæcnan (intransitive), "to spring into being, arise, originate," also, less often, "to wake up;" earlier onwæcnan, from a- (1) "on" + wæcnan (see waken). Transitive meaning "to rouse from sleep" is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of "to stir up, rouse to activity" is from c.1600.
  • Originally strong declension (past tense awoc, past participle awacen), already in Old English it was confused with awake (v.) and a weak past tense awæcnede (modern awakened) emerged and has since become the accepted form, with awoke and awoken transferred to awake. Subtle shades of distinction determine the use of awake or awaken in modern English. Related: Awakening.
  • verb make conscious or alert
Example sentences :
  • What this efficient cause is, is a question that awakens no responsive inquiry.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • It's your departure which grieves me and awakens such ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • He is asleep,” said I to Douglas; “we must wait till he awakens.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • She is so like our departed Jane that she awakens my deepest interest.
  • Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
  • Here, as elsewhere, Socrates awakens the consciousness not of sin but of ignorance.
  • Extract from : « Alcibiades I » by (may be spurious) Plato
  • Only one who awakens the divine within himself is able to approach Him.
  • Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner
  • It awakens the hope of a transformation of the present trade-union methods.
  • Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 » by Various
  • I do know all that your landlord could tell me, and that awakens my deepest sympathy for you.
  • Extract from : « Cruel As The Grave » by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
  • It awakens the desire for more knowledge and inspires the courage to do right.
  • Extract from : « The Choctaw Freedmen » by Robert Elliott Flickinger
  • It sets the mind aglow, awakens enthusiasm, and fires the imagination.
  • Extract from : « Education and the Higher Life » by J. L. Spalding

Synonyms for awakens

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