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awakened
/əˈweɪkənd/
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What does awakened mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of awaken
adjective
- Having been woken up.
- Aroused; alerted; activated; enlightened.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈweɪkənd/
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As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.
One inauspicious circumstance there was, which awakened a hardly concealed displeasure in the breasts of a few of the more punctilious visitors.
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He journeyed onward, not quickly or decisively, but in the slow walk of one who has been awakened from a stupefying sleep.
I am awakened out of my sleep by a dismal shriek from my wife, who demands to know whether there’s any danger.
He then carefully awakened his companion, who, starting up, forgetful of the cause of his disturbance, asked aloud, "What do you want?"