waken
intransitive verb
- to become awake; come to one's senses after sleep or a state like sleep
- to become active, animated, or alive after inactivity or dormancy
transitive verb
- to cause to wake; awake
- to urge or stir into action or activity; arouse; excite
See waken in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(wāˈkən)
verb wak·ened,
wak·en·ing,
wak·ens verb, transitive- To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.
- To rouse from a quiescent or inactive state; stir.
verb, intransitive To become awake; wake up:
I plan to waken at six o'clock tomorrow. See Usage Note at
wake1.
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