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wakener

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wak⋅en

  [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)
3. to wake, or become awake; awaken.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME waknen, OE wæcnan; c. ON vakna; akin to wake 1 ; see -en 1

Related forms:
wak⋅en⋅er, noun
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wak·en   (wā'kən)   
v.   wak·ened, wak·en·ing, wak·ens

v.   tr.

  1. To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.

  2. To rouse from a quiescent or inactive state; stir.

v.   intr.
To become awake; wake up: I plan to waken at six o'clock tomorrow. See Usage Note at wake1.

[Middle English wakenen, from Old English wæcnan; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]
wak'en·er n.
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