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verb

Waken v. t.

To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve."

To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. "Then Homer's and Tyrtaeus' martial muse Wakened the world." "Venus now wakes, and wakens love." "They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high."

Waken v. i. (past & past part. wakened; pres. part. wakening) To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. "Early, Turnus wakening with the light."

noun

Wakening n.

The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.

(Scots Law) The revival of an action. "They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of the process against Janet."

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Etymology of 'Wakening'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wakening" Quotes from Famous Books

... at last the surveyors came up on the other side of the creek and ended their day's run with the establishment of a bench-mark on the top of the dike above the pool. Blake seemed as fresh as in the morning. He took a moderate drink of water dipped up in the brim of his hat, and without wakening his wife, sat down beside her to ...

— Out of the Depths - A Romance of Reclamation • Robert Ames Bennet

... thing more: thou layest once asleep, Clasping my neck, then wakening with a scream; And when I wondered why, thou couldst but weep A while, and then a smile began to beam: "Rogue! Rogue! I saw thee ...

— Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works • Kaalidaasa

... Macarius; Romoaldo here: And here my brethren, who their steps refrain'd Within the cloisters, and held firm their heart." I answ'ring, thus; "Thy gentle words and kind, And this the cheerful semblance, I behold Not unobservant, beaming in ye all, Have rais'd assurance in me, wakening it Full-blossom'd in my bosom, as a rose Before the sun, when the consummate flower Has spread to utmost amplitude. Of thee Therefore entreat I, father! to declare If I may gain such favour, as to gaze Upon thine image, ...

— The Divine Comedy • Dante

... become of him, but no one knew. At length she came to his house and looking inside found him fast asleep. She saw right away what he had done and how fat he had grown. She knew without being told what it all meant, and the idea amused her. Instead of wakening him, as she had at first intended to do, she touched Mr. Chuck and put him ...

— Mother West Wind "How" Stories • Thornton W. Burgess

... your head cut off.' But for some reason, probably because they did not wish her to run risk, they did not tell Joan when the next fight began. She had just lain down to sleep when she leaped up with a noise, wakening her squire. 'My Voices tell me,' she said, 'that I must go against the English, but whether to their forts or against ...

— The Red True Story Book • Various

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