waken

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waken

  • /ˈweɪkən/

Rhymes with -eɪkən

Where it comes from

From Middle English waknen, from Old English wæcnan, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

verb wakens · wakening · wakened

  1. transitive To wake or rouse from sleep.
  2. intransitive To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. Early, Turnus wakening with the light.

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