Meaning of WAKEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'weykun
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- [v] stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
- [v] cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
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| | Synonyms: | | arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, rouse, wake, wake up |
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| | Antonyms: | | cause to sleep, dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to, call, catch some Z's, change, change state, kip, log Z's, reawaken, sleep, slumber, turn | |
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\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.
\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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