wakenv.
/ˈweɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈweɪkən/ I. Intransitive senses.† 2. To remain awake, refrain from sleeping, keep watch or vigil; to remain alive. Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. To cease to sleep; to become awake. Const. †of (obsolete), from, out of (sleep, etc.), to (a state of things, etc.). Also with up. Cf. wake v. 7.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > become awake
awakenc885
awakec1000
i-wakec1275
wakea1300
wakenc1300
dawc1330
ofwakec1330
adawc1400
wake1533
to rouse out1803
upwake1842
surface1959
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2164 So þat he bigan to wakne, And wit hem ful sore to blakne.
c1400 Melayne 133 When Charls wakenede of his dreme.
c1420 Wyntoun Cron. iv. 1167 Þan þe Romanys suddandly wayknyt qwhar þai slepande lay.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 210 He valknyt [1489 Adv. waknyt], and rais all desaly.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 156 Quhairthrow I walknit of my trance.
1581 B. Rich Farewell Mil. Profession (Shaks. Soc.) 166 He bidde her goe againe, and shake her till she did waken.
1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer iv. sig. G3 Whilst thou wakendst with the chimes, Because thou wentst to bed betimes.
a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover v. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. D3/2 Looke with the eyes of heaven that nightlie waken, To view the wonders of my glorious Maker.
1760 Impostors Detected II. iv. vi. 211 At that very instant Don Vulpez wakened from his trance.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 329 When the lark, 'tween light and dark, Blythe waukens by the daisy's side.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 145 An he sleep in this damp hole, he'll maybe wauken nae mair.
1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. x Etheldred's dream was over. She had wakened to the inside of a Great Western carriage.
a1874 R. Buchanan Dead Mother 5 I waken'd up in the dead of night.
b. transferred and figurative, of inanimate things, etc. †Of a condition, state of things: To come into existence, become manifest or active, be stirred up or aroused; also with up. Of wind: To begin to blow or rage. Cf. wake v. 7c, 7e.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > become active or come into operation > be stirred up or aroused
wakenOE
wakea1450
move1485
OE Beowulf 85 Ne wæs hit lenge þa gen, þæt se ecghete..æfter wælniðe wæcnan scolde.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12223 All þe flæshess fule lusst. Waccneþþ þurrh gluterrnesse.
a1225 St. Marher. 11 Þu art walle of waisdom, ant euch wunne wakeneð ant waxeð of þe.
a1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 152 Ther wakeneth in the world wondred ant wee.
a1352 L. Minot Poems vi. 10 When all yowre wele es went Ȝowre wo wakkins ful wide.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 132 Þay [sc. winds] wakened wel þe wroþeloker, for wroþely he cleped.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1803 Than bygan to wakken wo.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2046 Now wackons vp werre as ye shall note after.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. iv. 227 And so though vengeance slept a while, yet at length it wakened.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 4 It was then a great calm, about an hour, and afterwards the wind wakened.
1839 T. T. Stoddart Songs & Poems 21 O waken, winds, waken!
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. vii. 177 We forget nothing. The memory sleeps, but wakens again.
1898 A. Austin Lamia's Winter-quarters p. viii When..the fig-tree cressets have flamed to green, And windflower wakened, and tulip blown.
c. Of a person: To become lively, animated, or stirring; usually with up. Also, to become ‘alive’ to (a situation, etc.). Cf. wake v. 7c.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive, be aware of [verb (intransitive)]
tellc1390
to be perceiveda1400
to take cognizance of1635
notice1820
waken1825
to wake to1836
to take notice1845
to tune in1926
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > bestir oneself
arisec825
to start upc1275
stirc1275
shifta1400
awakea1450
to put out one's fins?1461
wake1523
to shake one's ears1580
rouse1589
bestira1616
awaken1768
arouse1822
waken1825
to wake snakes1835
roust1841
to flax round1884
to get busy1896
to get one's arse in gear1948
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)] > be or become alert
wakec897
waken1825
to wake to1836
surface1959
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > act in spirited manner > become lively
quickena1400
animate1779
waken1825
sprightle1896
smarten1899
to be (get, etc.) hopping1960
percolate1962
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (intransitive)] > reach understanding of
reach1582
tumble1846
to catch on1882
waken1899
to wise up1905
to tune in1926
to cotton on1929
plug1948
latch1954
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Wauken,..2. To become animated..; as, ‘He wauken't on his sermon’.
1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon xii The rider going pretty patient like myself, but beginning to waken up.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 2/1 Mr. Collins is wakening to the necessity of a more refined type of Christmas entertainment.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > be vigilant or on one's guard [verb (intransitive)]
watcha1225
warea1325
bewarea1400
keepc1400
waitc1400
lay good waitc1440
to lie in great waitc1440
to look out?1553
to look about1599
awake1602
advigilate1623
to keep an eye open1651
perdue1656
to look sharp1680
waken1682
tout1699
to keep a sharp look-out1827
to keep one's weather-eye open1829
to keep (also have) an eye out1833
to keep one's eyes peeled1844
to watch out1845
to skin one's eyes1851
to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937
to watch one's back1949
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 395 And dost thou know why I..do still suffer Diabolonians to dwell in thy walls, O Mansoul? it is to keep thee wakening, to try thy love, to make thee watchful. View more context for this quotation
II. Transitive senses.
3.
a. To rouse (a person or animal) from sleep or unconsciousness. Also with up. Const. †of (obsolete), from, out of (sleep). Cf. wake v. 8.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [verb (transitive)] > restore to consciousness
wakenc1175
wakec1369
excitec1440
refetch1599
to bring again1636
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > wake or rouse [verb (transitive)]
wecchec897
aweccheeOE
wakenc1175
awake?c1225
upwakea1325
wakec1369
ruthec1400
daw1470
awaken1513
to stir up1526
dawn1530
to call up1548
unsleep1555
rouse1563
abraid1590
amove1591
arousea1616
dissleep1616
expergefy1623
start?1624
to rouse out1825
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) ll. 5843, 5845 & o þe þridde daȝȝ itt [sc. the lion's whelp] iss. Waccnedd off slæp. & reȝȝsedd. Þurrh þatt te faderr gaþ þær to. & stireþþ itt. & waccneþþ.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14201 Þat i til him weind it es time For to wacken him of his suime.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 104 Than his twa men in hy send he To warne & walkyn his menȝe.
c1510 G. Douglas King Hart i. 381 The Quene is walknit with ane felloun fray.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 681 [She] Waknet vp a wydow, þat hir with dwellit.
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. B3v At length, well wakened from that pleasing slumber.
1611 Bible (King James) Zech. iv. 1 As a man that is wakened out of his sleepe. View more context for this quotation
1673 Vinegar & Mustard (1873) 23 The paltry cur wakened me last Sunday of a good nap.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 100 May ye a' sleep till the hangman wauken ye.
1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. ix. 230 Her dream..was one of undefined terror..so great that it wakened her up.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 66 O Sun, that wakenest all to bliss or pain.
b. figurative.
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c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 167 Lord, where slepis þis gode lawe, and when schal hit be wakened?
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 124 Your sleepie thoughts, Which here we waken to our countries good. View more context for this quotation
1639 J. Mayne Citye Match i. v Fresh as Pygmalions Mistresse newly wakened Out of her Alabaster.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind iii, in Prometheus Unbound 190 Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iii. 81 A loud high-pressure blast; enough, one would think, to waken up the host of Indians who lie buried in a great mound yonder.
4. To rouse to activity, alertness, or liveliness; to stir up, excite. Const. to, †into; to (do something). Also with up. Cf. wake v. 9.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > stir up or rouse up
stirc1000
aweccheOE
stirc1175
arear?c1225
awakec1315
amovec1330
araisec1374
wake1398
wakenc1400
to stir upa1500
incend?1504
to firk upc1540
bestir1549
store1552
bustlea1555
tickle1567
solicitate1568
to stir one's taila1572
exsuscitate1574
rouse1574
suscitate1598
accite1600
actuate1603
arousea1616
poach1632
roust1658
to shake up1850
to galvanize to or into life1853
to make things (or something specified) hum1884
to jack up1914
rev1945
c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) xxii. 20 Man sal wakin þaim faire til godis seruise.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 156 The men yat j led with me to wakyn ȝow, to do me resoun.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3610 Þerfore wackon þi wille into wight dedis.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 72 God almythty valknit vitht his grace the hartis of ȝour predecessours.
1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. Pref. sig. Nij That when we be shronke awaye, we may be wakened to runne backe agayne to our true God.
1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. A4 It is the Kings part..to waken them vp againe, to be more diligent in their Offices.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 10 Feb. 41 It was therefore necessary that this universal reluctance should be counteracted, and the drowsiness of hesitation wakened into resolve.
1851 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ii. 110 Where the vanity of social distinction..wakens the harp of the poet.
1877 R. H. Hutton Ess. (ed. 2) I. Pref. 6 It has been the one purpose of all..divine revelation..to waken us up out of this perpetually recurring tendency to fall back into ourselves.
5. To summon into existence, raise, stir up (war, woe, wind, etc.); to kindle (fire, flame); to arouse, excite (an activity, emotion); to evoke (music, sound). Also with up. Cf. wake v. 10.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > give rise to
makeOE
breedc1200
wakea1325
wakenc1330
engendera1393
gendera1398
raisea1400
begetc1443
reara1513
ingener1513
ingenerate1528
to stir upc1530
yield1576
to pull ona1586
to brood up1586
to set afloat (on float)1586
spawn1594
innate1602
initiate1604
inbreed1605
irritate1612
to give rise to1630
to let in1655
to gig (out)1659
to set up1851
gin1887
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8558 Now hauy take oure moste fo, Þat haþ vs wakned many wo!
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 323 For I schal waken vp a water to wasch alle þe worlde.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2274 Yff we wackon vp werre with weghes so fele.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 460 Scho feired that he..suld in scotland agane be the raiser of a newe bleise, and wakne vp a new flame.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Lv/1 Speake to that Lion Lord, waken his anger.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 369 They introduce Thir sacred Song, and waken raptures high. View more context for this quotation
1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xix, in Poems 49 It kindles Wit, it waukens Lear.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlix. 264 What a crowd of emotions were wakened up in his breast.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 16 The sunlight and shadows bring their old beauty and waken the old heart-strains at morning, noon, and even-tide.
6. Scots Law. To revive (a process) which, after calling a summons, has been allowed to ‘sleep’ for a year and a day.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > serve with writ > revive a process
waken1560
1560 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1843) III. ii. 234 The cause..suscitate and newlie walkynnet.
1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 680 The mater being walkynnit of new, and all the partiis comperand personalie.
1609 J. Skene tr. Quoniam Attach. in Regiam Majestatem c. 55 And then the principall pley (betwix the persewer and the defender) sall be walkned.
1711 J. Spottiswoode Forms of Process (1718) 20 In case Protestation has not been sought within Year and Day,..no Protestation can be granted, till the Advocation; which on that Account, is said to be sleeping, be wakened.
1790 Collect. Styles III. 195.
1838 in W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. at Wakening
7. To watch, watch over, keep an eye upon. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch on [verb (transitive)]
biwitieOE
to look to ——c1330
watchc1330
to make or lay await onc1386
markc1400
to wait to ——c1440
to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450
waken1535
to look unto ——1594
to carry a wary (also watchful, etc.) eye on (also upon)1596
to look after ——a1616
overwatch1618
snokea1652
to look up1855
surveil1960
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 12 This ilk Angus in Quhiterne than tuke girth, Quhair he wes walknit all tyme round about, That be no way that tyme he mycht wyn out.
1865 W. H. L. Tester Poems 156 (E.D.D.) On summer nichts, wauken the claes Wi' maidens fair.
Derivatives
ˈwakened adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [adjective] > wakened
awakened?c1225
waked1581
new-waked1605
wakened1609
awakeda1617
woken1649
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > alert
warec1000
erect1544
present1548
prick-eared?1550
open-eyed1565
erecteda1586
wakened1609
arrect1646
alerta1728
downc1770
wide awake1785
brighta1819
noticing1820
featy1844
undreamy1848
yary1855
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > rising as if from sleep > rousing as if from sleep > roused as if from sleep
awakened?c1225
roused1575
waked1581
wakened1609
awakeda1617
woken1924
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxvii. sig. H But shoote not at me in your wakened hate. View more context for this quotation
1635 D. Dickson Short Explan. Hebrewes xii. 24. 304 The wakened Conscience, lying in..feare of the offended Iudge.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 95 He therefore with a wak'n'd spirit, to the extent of his Fortune dilating his mind.
1892 G. Meredith Ode Comic Spirit in Poems 71 Thou, soul of wakened heads, art armed to warn.
ˈwakening adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > rising as if from sleep > rousing as if from sleep
awakening1694
wakening1813
1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. 55 And the rich dale, that eastward lay, Waited the wakening touch of day.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh i. 166 Ere Peace can visit them, or Truth let in Her wakening day-light on a world of sin!
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