waken

(kən)

intransitive verb

  1. to become awake; come to one's senses after sleep or a state like sleep
  2. to become active, animated, or alive after inactivity or dormancy

Origin: ME waknen < OE wacnian, wæcnan, to become awake, akin to ON vakna, to waken: for IE base see wake

transitive verb

  1. to cause to wake; awake
  2. to urge or stir into action or activity; arouse; excite

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See waken in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb wak·ened, wak·en·ing, wak·ens
verb, transitive
  1. To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.
  2. 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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English wakenen

Origin: , from Old English wǽcnan; see weg- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • wakˈen·er noun

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