Definition of Waken

Wak´en
v. i.1.To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
[imp. & p. pr. Wakened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.]
Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
- Dryden.
v. t.1.To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
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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