wakenverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈweɪ.kən/us/ˈweɪ.kən/formalto (cause to) wake from sleep:
I shook him but he didn't waken.
Waken me at 7.00, would you?
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Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- rouse
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woken
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