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