waken
[ wey-kuh n ]
/ ˈweɪ kən /
verb (used with object)
to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
to rouse from inactivity; stir up or excite; arouse; awaken: to waken the reader's interest.
verb (used without object)
to wake, or become awake; awaken.
Nearby words
wakeboarding, wakefield, wakeful, wakefully, wakeless, waken, wakening, wakerife, waksman, waksman, selman abraham, wal
Origin of waken
Related formswak·en·er, nounre·wak·en, verbun·wak·ened, adjective
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waken
/ (ˈweɪkən) /
verb
to rouse or be roused from sleep or some other inactive state
Derived Formswakener, noun
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Word Origin and History for wakened
waken
"to become awake," Old English wæcnan, wæcnian "to rise, spring," from the same source as wake (v.). Figurative sense was in Old English. Transitive sense of "to arouse (someone or something) from sleep" is recorded from c.1200. Related: Wakened; wakening.
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