waken

[ wey-kuhn ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.

  2. to rouse from inactivity; stir up or excite; arouse; awaken: to waken the reader's interest.

verb (used without object)
  1. to wake, or become awake; awaken.

Origin of waken

1
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, noun
  • re·wak·en, verb
  • un·wak·ened, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for waken

waken

/ (ˈweɪkən) /


verb
  1. to rouse or be roused from sleep or some other inactive state

waken

See wake 1

Derived forms of waken

  • wakener, noun

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