waken : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: waken	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for waken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waken v cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." Synonym(s): awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse Antonym(s): cause to sleep stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" Synonym(s): wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken Antonym(s): dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waken \Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. {Wakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wakening}.] [OE. waknen, AS. w[91]cnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See {Wake}, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. Early, Turnus wakening with the light. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waken \Wak"en\, v. t. 1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. [bd]Go, waken Eve.[b8] --Milton. 2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. Then Homer's and Tyrt[91]us' martial muse Wakened the world. --Roscommon. Venus now wakes, and wakens love. --Milton. They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. --Milton.