wakening

[ wey-kuh-ning ]

noun

1. awakening.
2. Scots Law. a revival of a legal action or the process by which this is done.

Other Words From

• un·waken·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wakening¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; waken, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He crawled in and secured the tin without wakening her and as much firewood as he wanted.

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Wakening before the others, Raven went to the creek and made three pairs of fishes: sticklebacks, graylings, and blackfish.

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She dared not call, for fear of wakening her grandfather: but she very much wanted a flowering orange branch.

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Like a crashing blare of static across the neural band, her wakening mind burst into sudden telepathic activity.

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Aroused from dreams of thee, my wakening soul takes its last flight to thy feet.

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