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waken

Noun

wak=en

WORDNET DICTIONARY

waken(v = verb.body) arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

is one way to alter, change, modify

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

waken(v = verb.body) arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

is one way to change state, turn

Derived form noun wakening₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

waken, v. i. [OE. waknen, AS. wæcnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.].

To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. [1913 Webster]

"Early, Turnus wakening with the light." [1913 Webster]

waken, v. t.

To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. Milton. [1913 Webster]
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. [1913 Webster]
"Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse
Wakened the world." [1913 Webster]

"Venus now wakes, and wakens love." [1913 Webster]

"They introduce
Their sacred song, and waken raptures high." [1913 Webster]

waken, v.tr. & intr. make or become awake.

Etymology

ON vakna f. Gmc, rel. to WAKE(1)

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