1. past tense and past participle of awake; to stop sleeping or to wake someone up
Usage: awaked is less common than awoke in modern usage; awoke is the standard past tense form
2. to become aware of or to cause someone to become aware of something
Usage: figurative sense

Examples

• She awaked to the sound of birds singing outside her window.
• The alarm clock awaked him at 6 a.m.
• He awaked to the reality of his situation.
• The children awaked early on Christmas morning.
• The speech awaked a sense of responsibility in the audience.