
| 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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