be+awakened

  • 121awoke —  , awaked, awakened  Two common problems are worth noting:  1. Awoken, though much used, is generally considered not standard. Thus this sentence from an Agatha Christie novel (cited by Partridge) is wrong: I was awoken by that rather flashy young …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 122awaken — [[t]əwe͟ɪkən[/t]] awakens, awakening, awakened 1) VERB To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. [LITERARY] [V n] The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures …

    English dictionary

  • 123awake — awake, awaken, wake, waken 1. forms. Although the history of these words, and in particular of the various forms of past tense and past participle, is highly complex (see the OED entry), in current use awake and wake can be paired as strong verbs …

    Modern English usage

  • 124awaken — awake, awaken, wake, waken 1. forms. Although the history of these words, and in particular of the various forms of past tense and past participle, is highly complex (see the OED entry), in current use awake and wake can be paired as strong verbs …

    Modern English usage

  • 125wake — awake, awaken, wake, waken 1. forms. Although the history of these words, and in particular of the various forms of past tense and past participle, is highly complex (see the OED entry), in current use awake and wake can be paired as strong verbs …

    Modern English usage

  • 126waken — awake, awaken, wake, waken 1. forms. Although the history of these words, and in particular of the various forms of past tense and past participle, is highly complex (see the OED entry), in current use awake and wake can be paired as strong verbs …

    Modern English usage

  • 127awaken to — a ˈwaken to [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they awaken to he/she/it awakens to present participle awakening to past tense …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 128Awaken — 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.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English