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waken
[ wey-kuhn ]
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.
waken
/ ˈweɪkən /
verb
- to rouse or be roused from sleep or some other inactive state
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Derived Forms
- ˈwakener, noun
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Other Words From
- waken·er noun
- re·waken verb
- un·wakened adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Drink, and go to sleep—sleep so sound that you waken only when Moukir and Nakir, the death angels, sift soul from body.
The servant, who carried her breakfast, reported her asleep, and the careful mother would not let them waken her.
Humphrey and Pablo both set off, and then Edward went to waken the boy, still lying on the bed.
A conscience that had overslept itself began to stir and waken.
"Death must come to all," some one would waken up to murmur.
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