v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens.

v.tr.

1. To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.
2. To rouse from a quiescent or inactive state; stir.

v.intr.

To become awake; wake up: I plan to waken at six o'clock tomorrow. See Usage Note at wake¹.

[Middle English wakenen, from Old English wæcnan.]

wakener wak'en·er n.

verb

1. To cease sleeping: arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, stir¹, wake¹. See awareness/unawareness.
2. To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion): arouse, awake, awaken, kindle, raise, rouse, stir¹ (up). See excite/bore/interest.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cause to become awake or conscious
  Synonyms: awaken, wake, rouse, wake up, arouse

Meaning #2: stop sleeping
  Synonyms: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vække
v. intr. - vågne

Nederlands (Dutch)
wakker worden, (op) wekken

Français (French)
v. tr. - réveiller, tirer du sommeil
v. intr. - se réveiller, s'éveiller

Deutsch (German)
v. - wecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (λόγ.) αφυπνίζω, ξυπνώ

Italiano (Italian)
svegliare, risvegliare, ridestare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acordar, estimular

Русский (Russian)
просыпаться, будить, поднимать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - despertar
v. intr. - despertarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vakna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
唤醒, 激发, 使觉醒, 觉醒, 醒来

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 喚醒, 激發, 使覺醒
v. intr. - 覺醒, 醒來

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 일으키다, 각성 시키다, 고무하다
v. intr. - 눈을 뜨다, 자각하다, 깨닫다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 目を覚まさせる, 目を覚ます, 起こす, 奮起させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أيقظ, نبه, استيقظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העיר, עורר‬
v. intr. - ‮התעורר‬

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