Usage Note
Éveiller often appears reflexively: s'éveiller means 'to wake up' or 'to be awakened' to an idea. It is somewhat more literary than réveiller ('to wake someone up'). Éveiller la curiosité or éveiller les soupçons ('to arouse curiosity/suspicion') are common collocations. The adjective éveillé means 'alert, bright, sharp'.
Examples
"Ce cours a éveillé ma curiosité."
Natural Translation
This course awakened my curiosity.

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