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  Waken (Wak"en) (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. pr. Wakened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.]
[OE. waknen, AS. wæcnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.]

To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. "Early, Turnus wakening with the light." Dryden.
Waken (Wak"en), v. t.

1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve." Milton.
2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. "Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse Wakened the world." Roscommon. "Venus now wakes, and wakens love." Milton. "They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high." Milton.

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