What is "awaken"

Awake \A*wake"\, v. t. [imp. Awoke, Awaked; p. p. Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.]

1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

   Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
   --Tennyson.

   And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish.
   --Matt. viii. 25.

2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

   I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
   --Goldsmith.

   It way awake my bounty further.
   --Shak.

   No sunny gleam awakes the trees.
   --Keble.

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.

Old English awæcnan (intransitive), "to spring into being, arise, originate," also, less often, "to wake up;" earlier onwæcnan, from a- (1) "on" + wæcnan (see waken). Transitive meaning "to rouse from sleep" is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of "to stir up, rouse to activity" is from c.1600.\n

\nOriginally strong declension (past tense awoc, past participle awacen), already in Old English it was confused with awake (v.) and a weak past tense awæcnede (modern awakened) emerged and has since become the accepted form, with awoke and awoken transferred to awake. Subtle shades of distinction determine the use of awake or awaken in modern English. Related: Awakening.

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause to become awake. 2 (context transitive English) To cause to become conscious. 3 (context intransitive English) To stop sleeping.

1. v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep]

2. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: fall asleep]

3. make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"

Awaken is the debut album by the British gothic/doom metal band The Blood Divine. It was released on Peaceville Records in 1996. The album continues the concepts Darren White had begun developing in his final EP with Anathema, Pentecost III, through very little reliance on a chorus and occasionally psychedelic progression as evidenced in the intro to 'So Serene'.

Awaken is the fourth studio album by Christian artist Natalie Grant.

Awaken may refer to:

• Awaken (film), а 2012 film starring Corey Sevier and Jordan Ladd
• Awaken (band), a Belgian group
• Awaken (The Blood Divine album)
• Awaken (The Empire Shall Fall album), 2009
• Awaken (Natalie Grant album)
• Awaken (Koncept album)
• Awaken (Keke Palmer album)
• "Awaken" (song), a 1977 song by Yes
• "Awaken", a song by Dethklok
• "Awaken", a song by Disturbed from Believe

Awaken is the debut mixtape by American singer-songwriter Keke Palmer. It was officially released on March 18, 2011 for downloads on mixtape-downloading websites. It has not been released as a digital download or as an album. Three of the songs appear on Palmer's debut album, So Uncool. The only single "The One You Call" was released on iTunes on January 8, 2011, and was sent to Urban radio the same day. A music video was also released for the song. It premiered on Palmer's official YouTube channel and iTunes.

Awaken is an underground rock band / indie music project based in Belgium. They released two official albums and numerous demo tapes and web-only singles since their early days in 1988. Not related to the modern Belgian scene at all ( dEUS, Eté 67, Girls in Hawaii), Awaken gained interest from Vietnamese people since the release of a Vietnamese song and legend, "Chú Mèo Ngủ Quên", and in Japan with the virtual EP "別府NIGHTS". Recently, a cover of a Vietnamese children song "Rửa Mặt Như Mèo" has been recorded and has been heard on Vietnamese internet, though not officially released. Since 2005, Awaken is part of the team of the indies Japanese label It's Oh! Music based in Miyazaki city.

"Awaken" is a song by the British progressive rock band Yes released on their 1977 album Going for the One. At 15 minutes and 31 seconds it is the longest track on the album, occupying most of the second side of the LP.

Many Yes fans, as well as lead singer/songwriter Jon Anderson himself, consider this song to be the best track in the band's recorded output. To quote Anderson: "We had a hit record! I loved listening to "Awaken", at last we had created a masterwork." Like many extended Yes pieces, the song has a complex chord and rhythmic structure as well as enigmatic lyrics.

Along with the track "Parallels" on the same album, the song features a church organ played by Rick Wakeman. According to the booklet of the 2003 CD reissue, these parts were recorded at St. Martins Church, Vevey, Switzerland. In addition, the track features a harp played by Anderson.

An embryonic version of the song known as "High Vibration" had already been played at some concerts in 1975 when the band was promoting their previous album Relayer. Lasting something over one minute, it only featured the starting lyrics (up to "Where Can I Be") and melody by Anderson with a gentle layer of Steve Howe's guitar and Patrick Moraz's Mellotron. At that time the tune was used as a melodic announcement to " The Gates of Delirium".

After 1977, the song in concerts featured Chris Squire playing a triple neck bass guitar with two fretted necks (6- and 4-string) and a 4-string fretless one. From the first verse on up to the short bass interlude, he played the fretless bass using a pick. For the "Master of Time" parts (both before and after the long organ solo), he fingerplucked the fretted 4-string, while the 6-string one would be picked during the organ solo. The instrument had originally been commissioned by Wakeman for Roger Newell, the bass player in his solo band English Rock Ensemble, but was handed over to Squire, much to Newell's irritation. The original instrument was a Wal, built by Electric Wood in England, and it is currently on loan to the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. The instrument Yes has been using for many years is a Japanese-made replica.

Awaken is the debut album by The Empire Shall Fall, released on November 17, 2009 through Angle Side Side Records, owned by The Empire Shall Fall's bassist, Nick Sollecito. Awaken features the vocal talents of Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach. The band cites its influences as At the Gates, Meshuggah, and Edge of Sanity. Awaken draws heavily upon the band members' interests in jazz, punk, and experimental music. The album reflects heavily on the themes of politics and transcendentalism. Lyrically the album advocates positivity, unity, and empowerment. Historical inspirations for the album have been cited as Jello Biafra, Benjamin Franklin, Cynthia McKinney, and Ron Paul.

Awaken is a 2012 fantasy romance film written and directed by Daric Loo. The movie tells a story about love, loss, hope and dreams starring Corey Sevier and Jordan Ladd. "Awaken" premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival, and was screened at the Catalina Film Festival, and The Feel Good Film Festival.

Awaken is the debut solo studio album of American rapper Koncept released on 12 January 2012 through Soulspazm Records. With music production from J57 and Marco Polo, the album is an 11-track project with guest vocal appearances from Soul Khan, Sene and Royce da 5'9".