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Meaning of 'waken' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Waken [ v. i.]
- To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
2 . Waken [ v. t.]
- To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
- To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.

Meaning of 'waken' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . waken [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to become awake or conscious
Example in sentence:
  • He was roused by the drunken men in the street;
  • Please wake me at 6 AM.
Meaning (2):
- stop sleeping
Example in sentence:
  • She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

Nearby Words:

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