waken
/ˈweɪk(ə)n
/verb
Another term for wake1 (sense 1 of the verb). [no object]: she knew he would waken in an hour or so [with object]: she wakened the child and dressed her figurative they combined to waken a forgotten and futile hope...
- Acute myocardial infarctions have a peak incidence in the first few hours after wakening, suggesting that they may be triggered by abrupt changes in psychological and behavioural status.
- At 3.25 am the male occupant of a house in Greenpark Villa, Rostrevor was wakened by a man demanding money.
- Georgie quietly moans, stirs, then wakens with a gasp.
Origin
Old English wæcnan 'be aroused', of Germanic origin; related to wake1.
Rhymes
- spacescape
- space science
- space scientist
- spaceship
- Spaceship Earth
- space shot
- space shuttle
- space-sick
- space sickness
- space simulator
- spacespeak
- space stage
- space staging
- space station
- spacesuit
- spacesuited
- space technology
- space telegraphy
- space telescope
- space-time
- space-to-ground
- space tourism
- space tourist
- space travel
- space traveller