Synonyms:
wake_up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come_alive, waken
Meaning: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
Synonyms:
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake_up, arouse
Meaning: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
Usage examples
Go waken his father."
"Yes, let us waken Joe."
God is wise. Waken, waken!
"Shall I throw in a stone, to waken him?"
She went down, but she lingered a moment in the peristyle for any sound that might waken the sleeping echoes of the town.
'If those husky-dogs last night could devour all our camp kit without disturbing us, to-night they might swallow us before we'd waken.'
I wiped my tears and hushed my sobs, fearful lest any sign of violent grief might waken a preternatural voice to comfort me, or elicit from the gloom some haloed face, bending over me with strange pity.