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Definition of Awakened

1. Adjective. Aroused or activated. "An awakened interest in ballet"

2. Adjective. (somewhat formal) having been waked up. "The awakened baby began to cry"

Definition of Awakened

1. Verb. (past of awake) ¹

2. Adjective. Having been woken up; "the awakened baby began to cry" ¹

3. Adjective. Aroused or activated; "an awakened interest in ballet" ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Awakened

1. awaken [v] - See also: awaken

Lexicographical Neighbors of Awakened

awa await awaited awaited(p) awaiter awaiters awaitest awaiteth awaiting awaits

awake awake(p) awaked awakedness awaken awakened (current term) awakenedness awakener awakeners awakeness

awakenest awakeneth awakening awakenings awakenment awakenments awakens awakes awakest awaketh

Literary usage of Awakened

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"Previous to my contemplation of the anti-slavery movement, and its probable results, my mind had been seriously awakened to the subject of religion. ..."

2. The pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan, James Solas Dodd (1795)
"Be awakened then, see thine own wretchedness, and flee to the Lord JESUS; and by his righteousness, which is the righteousness of GOD, (for he himself is ..."

3. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"The miserable fate of these exiles awakened s ... a Profound sympathy among the Protestants awakened throughout France, and in all Europe. ..."

4. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"The Lord grant that I may be kindly and effectually Warned and awakened by the death of Three so friendly to me, and allied ; Savingly awakened ! ..."

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