To cause to become awake.
She awakened him by ringing the bell.
To stop sleeping; awake.
Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
To call to a sense of sin.
Having been woken up.
the awakened baby began to cry
Aroused or activated.
an awakened interest in ballet