1 to stop sleeping, or to cause someone to stop sleeping: --
[ T ] His television series awakened popular interest in American architecture.
Another problem can be that distractions at awakening impair dream recall.
Assume that awakening takes place from deep sleep; it takes time before recall can be made.
But such spatial homogenisation had awakened various tensions among the residents in the 1990s.
In performance, she finds that her senses are awakened and open to a heightened level of sensitivity.
Understanding the awakening spirit of a professional teaching force.
Yes, it may awaken a longing in us for a time when there was certainty.
He announced that his utopian dream was real and that society was a nightmare from which all must awaken.
The workers were denied it because it contained within it possibilities for awakening the masses.