Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.
awake, awaken (vv.)
Both verbs are Standard. Awake’s principal parts are in divided usage: its past tense is either awoke or awaked, and the past participle is either awaked or awoken. Awake is both transitive, as in She awoke me at six, and intransitive, as in I awoke at six. Awaken is a regular weak verb (awaken, awakened, awakened) with essentially the same meaning as awake; awaken too is both transitive (He awakened her at six) and intransitive (She awakened at six). See also AROUSE; WAKE.
