wakening

US: (wā′kə ning)

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wak•en•ing  (wā′kə ning), n. 

1. awakening.
2. Law [Scots Law.] a revival of a legal action or the process by which this is done.

• 1350–1400; Middle English; see waken, -ing¹

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wak•en /ˈweɪkən/   v. 

1. to awake;
   awaken: [~ + object]
   The noise wakened them.
   [no object]
   The kids will waken early.

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wak•en  (wā′kən), v.t. 

1. to rouse from sleep;
   wake;
   awake;
   awaken.
2. to rouse from inactivity;
   stir up or excite;
   arouse;
   awaken:
   to waken the reader's interest.

v.i. 

3. to wake, or become awake;
   awaken.

• bef. 900; Middle English waknen, Old English wæcnan; cognate with Old Norse vakna; akin to wake¹; see -en¹

wak′en•er, n. 

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waken / ˈweɪkən/ verb

1. to rouse or be roused from sleep or some other inactive state

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