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Webster 1913 Edition

Awaken

A-wak′en

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Awakened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Awakening
.]
[OE.
awakenen
,
awaknen
, AS.
āwæcnan
,
āwæcnian
, v. i.; pref.
on-
+
wæcnan
to wake. Cf.
Awake
,
Verb.
T.
]
To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
[He] is dispatched
Already to
awaken
whom thou nam’st.
Cowper.
Their consciences are thoroughly
awakened
.
Tillotson.
Syn. – To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Awaken

AWA'KEN

,
Verb.
T.
awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or intransitive; but more frequently transitive, as awake is more frequently intransitive. its significations are the same as those of awake.

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