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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr & vb n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen AS [=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[ae]cnan to wake. Cf {Awake}, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. --Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson. Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up call forth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Awakening \A*wak"en*ing\, a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense rousing into activity; exciting; as the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- {A*wak"en*ing*ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Awakening \A*wak"en*ing\, n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: awakening n : the act of waking; "it was a rude awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: {wakening}, {waking up}]
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