O.E. awæcnan (intrans.), "to spring into being," also, less often, "to wake up;" earlier onwæcnan , from a- (1) "on" + wæcnan (see waken). Transitive meaning "to rouse from sleep" is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of "to stir up, rouse to activity" is from c.1600.
-- Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper
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