Wak"en (?), v. i. [imp. & p. pr. Wakened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.] [OE. waknen, AS. waecnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.]
To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
Dryden.
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Wak"en, v. t.
1.
To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
"Go,
waken Eve."
Milton.
2.
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
Then Homer's and Tyrtaeus' martial muse
Wakened the world.
Roscommon.
Venus now wakes, and wakens love.
Milton.
They introduce
Their sacred song, and waken raptures high.
Milton.
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