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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) 2.0 [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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