Example: "It was an early awakening"
To cause to become awake.
Example: "She awakened him by ringing the bell."
To stop sleeping; awake.
Example: "Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face."
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
Example: "Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!"
To call to a sense of sin.
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
Example: "The awakening city an awakening discourse the awakening dawn."