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Futurehuman11 Posted 18 years ago
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awakened or awoke

I ran into my family room and awakened my family.
  

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From OALD: awake / awaken / wake up / waken Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody has finished sleeping: What time do you usually wake up? or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep: The children woke me up.

  • From OALD: awake / awaken / wake up / waken Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs.
  • It can mean somebody has finished sleeping: What time do you usually wake up?
  • or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep: The children woke me up.
  • I was woken (up) by the telephone.
  • The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke: She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.
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From OALD:

awake / awaken / wake up / waken

Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody has finished sleeping:
What time do you usually wake up?
or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep:
The children woke me up.
I was woken (up) by the telephone.

The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awo

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