1to awaken (someone) or to awaken an interest/sense; a transitive verb meaning to make someone or something become awake or alert.
母は毎朝七時に子どもを目覚ます。
Every morning the mother wakes her child at seven.
その映画は観客の関心を目覚ました。
The film awakened the audience's interest.
朝の光が彼を目覚ました。
The morning light woke him up.