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Webster 1913 Edition
Awakening
A-wak′en-ing
,Adj.
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting;
– as, the
awakening
city; an awakening
discourse; the awakening
dawn. A-wak′en-ing-ly
, adv.
A-wak′en-ing
,Noun.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
Webster 1828 Edition
Awakening
AWA'KENING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
awakening
awakening
English
Adjective
awakening
- Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
Noun
awakening (plural awakenings)
- The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
- (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
- (figuratively) Being roused into action or activity.
- 2007, Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage (page 25)
- When I invited women to decide for themselves which rite of passage to talk or write about, I found that only a few chose their sexual awakening.
- 2007, Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage (page 25)
Translations
the act of awaking
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a revival of religion
being roused into action or activity
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- Arabic: صحوَة (ʂáħwa) f
Verb
awakening
- present participle of awaken