awoken
Sayuh-WOH-kuhnUS/əˈwoʊkn̩//əˈwəʊkn̩/
- 1Past participle of awake.
Hikers who had awoken early watched the sunrise from the ridge.
The scandal has awoken voters who usually ignore local elections.
Note
Its shape comes from the past tense awoke with an -n added, which is why the two forms look so alike. Awoken follows have in the perfect (she had awoken before dawn) and be in the passive (the street was awoken by sirens). It carries every meaning of awake, from plain waking after sleep to stirring something dormant, such as a voter's interest or an old fear.
awoken is a form of awake
awake, verb: To become conscious again after a period of sleep. Full entry
- Spelling
- awake → awoken: irregular (no -ed)
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Origin
Formed from awoke + -n.