AWAKENING

awakening, wakening, waking up

(noun) the act of waking; “it was an early awakening”; “it was the waking up he hated most”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

awakening (comparative more awakening, superlative most awakening)

Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting

Noun

awakening (plural awakenings)

The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.

(religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

(figurative) Being roused into action or activity.

Verb

awakening

present participle of awaken

Source: Wiktionary


A*wak"en*ing, a.

Definition: Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.

– A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv.

A*wak"en*ing, n.

Definition: The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

AWAKEN

A*wak"en, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Awakened (; p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening.] Etym: [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. awæcnan, awæcnian, v. i.; pref. on- + wæcnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t.]

Definition: To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson.

Syn.

– To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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