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awaken

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·wak·en / əˈwākən/ • v. [tr.] rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping: Anna was awakened by the telephone. ∎ [intr.] stop sleeping: he sighed but did not awaken. ∎ rouse (a feeling): different images can awaken new emotions within us. ∎ (awaken someone to) make someone aware of (something) for the first time: the movie helped to awaken the public to the horrors of apartheid.

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awaken

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

awaken •blacken, bracken, slacken •Sri Lankan •Alaskan, Gascon, Madagascan, Nebraskan •Aachen, darken, hearken, kraken, Marcan, Petrarchan •Interlaken •beckon, Deccan, pekan, reckon •Mencken •awaken, bacon, betaken, forsaken, Jamaican, mistaken, partaken, shaken, taken, waken •godforsaken •archdeacon, beacon, Costa Rican, deacon, Dominican, Mohican, Mozambican, Puerto Rican, weaken •quicken, sicken, stricken, thicken, Wiccan •silken •Incan, Lincoln •brisken, Franciscan •barbican • Rubicon • Gallican •Anglican •Helicon, pelican •basilican, Millikan, silicon •publican • pantechnicon • Copernican •African • American • hurricane •lexicon, Mexican •Corsican • Vatican • liken •Brocken, Moroccan •falcon, Lorcan, Majorcan, Minorcan •Balcon, Balkan •gyrfalcon •awoken, bespoken, betoken, broken, foretoken, oaken, outspoken, plain-spoken, ryokan, spoken, token, woken •heartbroken •Lucan, toucan •Saarbrücken • Buchan • Vulcan •drunken, Duncan, shrunken, sunken •Etruscan, molluscan (US molluskan), Tuscan •Ardnamurchan • lochan

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