The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Awake \A*wake"\, v. t. [imp. Awoke, Awaked; p. p. Awaked;
   (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The
   form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS.
   [=a]w[ae]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, v. i.
   (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.]
   1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
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            Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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            And his disciples came to him, and awoke him,
            saying, Lord, save us; we perish.     --Matt. viii.
                                                  25.
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   2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death,
      stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new
      life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the
      dormant faculties.
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            I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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            It way awake my bounty further.       --Shak.
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            No sunny gleam awakes the trees.      --Keble.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Awakened; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Awakening.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS.
   [=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[ae]cnan
   to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t.]
   To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
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         [He] is dispatched
         Already to awaken whom thou nam'st.      --Cowper.
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         Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson.
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   Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

awaken
    v 1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
         drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn:
         awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]
         [ant: cause to sleep]
    2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
       [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come
       alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off,
       drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod
       off]
    3: make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"