väcka — meaning in English

English meaning

• awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
• awaken verb To cause to become awake.
• elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
• kindle verb To light or start a fire.
• stimulate verb To encourage activity, growth, or interest.
• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

väcka is used for these senses in English:

• awake (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
• awake (transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
• elicit To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
• stimulate To arouse an organism to functional activity.
• 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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