WAKEN
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
(verb) cause to become awake or conscious; “He was roused by the drunken men in the street”; “Please wake me at 6 AM.”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
waken (third-person singular simple present wakens, present participle wakening, simple past and past participle wakened)
(transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep.
(intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
Anagrams
• Wanek, Wanke
Source: Wiktionary
Wak"en, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. Wakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.] Etym: [OE. waknen, AS. wæcnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.]
Definition: To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. Early, Turnus wakening with the light. Dryden.
Wak"en, v. t.
1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve." Milton.
2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse Wakened the world. Roscommon. Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Milton. They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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