When you awaken, or when something or someone awakens you, you wake up. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments He was snoring when Desmond awakened him. = wake up
To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures
cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM