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wakening
wak·en W0011900 (wā′kən)v. wak·ened, wak·en·ing, wak·ens v.tr.1. To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.2. To rouse from a quiescent or inactive state; stir.3. To cause to be aware; alert or enlighten: The news wakened the king to his advisers' treachery.v.intr.1. To become awake; wake up: I plan to waken at six o'clock tomorrow. See Usage Note at wake1.2. To become aware: wakened to the truth.
[Middle English wakenen, from Old English wæcnan; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]
wak′en·er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  wakening - the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"awakening, waking uparousal, rousing - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"reveille - a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise |
Wakening
WAKENING, Scotch law. The revival of an action.
2. An action is said to sleep, when it lies over, not insisted on for a year in which case it is suspended. 4, t. 1, n. 33. With us a revival is by scire facias. (q.v.) wakening
Synonyms for wakeningnoun the act of wakingSynonymsRelated Words |