Definition of "awoke" []

• A past tense of awake. (verb)

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• "But her name awoke in me memories of Alba, and all of a sudden I was alert and serious."
• "Amanda awoke from a deep slumber and saw that her alarm clock would be going off in ten minutes."
• "About 8 in the morning I awoke from a deep sleep on my porch swing which was covered in hair."