Definition of awakens:
(v) :
(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
(v) :
(transitive) To cause to become awake.
(v) :
(transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
(v) :
(transitive, figurative) To cause to become aware.
(v) :
(intransitive, figurative) To become aware.
(v) :
(theology) To call to a sense of sin.