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Wakening

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wak·en  (wkn)
v. wak·ened, wak·en·ing, wak·ens
v.tr.
1. To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.
2. To rouse from a quiescent or inactive state; stir.
v.intr.
To become awake; wake up: I plan to waken at six o'clock tomorrow. See Usage Note at wake1.
[Middle English wakenen, from Old English wæcnan; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]
waken·er n.
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Noun1.Wakeningwakening - the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"
awakening, waking up
arousal, rousing - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"
reveille - a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise


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That had not been a happy wakening, for it brought with it the bitter disappointment of the preceding night.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
She probably imagined that she was thinking about the Aids and their missionary box and the new carpet for the vestry room, but under these reflections was a harmonious consciousness of red fields smoking into pale-purply mists in the declining sun, of long, sharp-pointed fir shadows falling over the meadow beyond the brook, of still, crimson-budded maples around a mirrorlike wood pool, of a wakening in the world and a stir of hidden pulses under the gray sod.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
He thought this so clever of him that he could scarcely resist wakening her to hear her say, "Oh, Peter, how exquisitely you play.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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