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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Waken

Wāk'en, v. i.

verbintransitive

(wāk'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. WAKENED; p. pr. & vb. n. WAKENING.] [See WAKE, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. “Early, Turnus wakening with the light.” Dryden.

Wāk'en, v. t.

verbtransitive

(wāk'n), v. t. [See WAKE, v. t.]

  1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. “Go, waken Eve.” Milton.
  2. To excite to action or motion.

Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse Wakened the world. Roscommon. 3. To rouse into action; to stir up; to excite. Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Milton. They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. Milton.