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wak·en

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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 wake¹; see -en¹

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—Related forms

wak·en·er, noun

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wak·en Audio Help   (wā'kən) Pronunciation Key
v.   wak·ened, wak·en·ing, wak·ens

v.   tr.

To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
waken

"to become awake," O.E. wæcnan, wæcnian "to rise, spring," from the same source as wake (v.). Fig. sense was in O.E. Trans. sense of "to arouse (someone or something) from sleep" is recorded from c.1200.

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waken
verb
1.	cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken] [ant: cause to sleep]
2.	stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up] [ant: dope off]

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ˈwaken verb

to wake
Example: What time are you going to waken him?; I wakened early.

Arabic:	يوقِظ
Chinese (Simplified):	睡醒
Chinese (Traditional):	睡醒
Czech:	probudit se
Danish:	vække; vågne
Dutch:	ontwaken; wekken
Estonian:	äratama, ärkama
Finnish:	herättää, herätä
French:	se réveiller
German:	wecken, aufwachen
Greek:	ξυπνώ
Hungarian:	felébreszt
Icelandic:	vakna, vekja
Indonesian:	membangunkan
Italian:	svegliare, svegliarsi

Japanese:	起こす
Korean:	…을 일어나게 하다; 눈을 뜨다
Latvian:	mosties; modināt
Lithuanian:	prabusti, budinti
Norwegian:	vekke; våkne
Polish:	obudzić się
Portuguese (Brazil):	despertar, acordar
Portuguese (Portugal):	acordar
Romanian:	a se trezi
Russian:	будить;просыпаться
Slovak:	prebudiť sa
Slovenian:	prebuditi se
Spanish:	despertarse
Swedish:	vakna, väcka
Turkish:	uyandırmak

See also: wakeful, wake, wake up

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Waken

Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. Wakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.] [OE. waknen, AS. w[ae]cnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.

Early, Turnus wakening with the light. --Dryden.

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Waken

Wak"en\, v. t. 1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve." --Milton.

2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.

Then Homer's and Tyrt[ae]us' martial muse Wakened the world. --Roscommon.

Venus now wakes, and wakens love. --Milton.

They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. --Milton.

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