waken

[ wey-kuh n ]

/ ˈweɪ kən /

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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.

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without interest or significance; dull; insipid.

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Words nearby waken

wake-up call, wakeboarding, wakefield, wakeful, wakeless, waken, wakening, wakerife, waksman, wal, wal.

Origin of waken

before 900; Middle English waknen, Old English wæcnan; cognate with Old Norse vakna; akin to wake¹; see -en¹

OTHER WORDS FROM waken

wak·en·er, nounre·wak·en, verbun·wak·ened, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for wakened

Just a little before daybreak they were all wakened by the bellowing of the oxen and the barking of dogs.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
When he wakened again daylight was at hand, and Mr. Dopples was kindling a fire.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes|William Perry Brown
Hurrying through the chill dawn, I reached the square not much behind the rapid footsteps of the watch who had wakened me.
To Have and To Hold|Mary Johnston
From time to time Julian, who had wakened early, gazed with smoldering eyes at the insolent composure of his enemy sleeping.
The City of Delight|Elizabeth Miller

The lady, wakened from her first sleep, could scarcely distinguish the objects about her.
The Golden Age in Transylvania|Mr Jkai

British Dictionary definitions for wakened

waken

/ (ˈweɪkən) /

verb

to rouse or be roused from sleep or some other inactive state

Derived forms of waken

wakener, noun

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waken

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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verb

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