vække — meaning in English

English meaning

• awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
• awaken verb To cause to become awake.
• evoke verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
• kindle verb To light or start a fire.
• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

vække is used for these senses in English:

• evoke (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
• wake (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
• wake up (intransitive) To stop sleeping; to awake.
• wake up (transitive) To awaken somebody.

awake — full definition

1. adj Not asleep; conscious.
2. verb To stop sleeping, or to wake someone else up.

awaken — full definition

1. verb To cause to become awake.
2. verb To stop sleeping; awake.
3. verb To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
4. verb Of something previously dormant, to become active.

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