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Webster 1913 Edition
Waken
Wak′en
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. pr.
Wakened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wakening
.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Early, Turnus
wakening
with the light. Dryden.
Wak′en
,Verb.
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
Their sacred song, and
waken
raptures high. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Waken
WAKEN
,Verb.
I.
Early Turnus wakning with the light.
WAKEN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To excite or rouse from sleep.Go, waken Eve.
2.
To excite to action or motion.Then Homers and Tyraeus martial muse wakend the world.
3.
To excite; to produce; to rouse into action.They introduce their sacred song, and waken raptures high.
Definition 2024
waken
waken
English
Verb
waken (third-person singular simple present wakens, present participle wakening, simple past and past participle wakened)
- (transitive) To awake or rouse from sleep; to stir.
- (intransitive) To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
- John Dryden (1631-1700)
- Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter II:
- She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
- John Dryden (1631-1700)
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋaːkə(n)/
- Rhymes: -aːkən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch waken, from Old Dutch wakon, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (“to be awake”).
Verb
waken
Inflection
| Inflection of waken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | waken | |||
| past singular | waakte | |||
| past participle | gewaakt | |||
| infinitive | waken | |||
| gerund | waken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | waak | waakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | waakt | waakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | waakt | waakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | waakt | waakte | ||
| 3rd person singular | waakt | waakte | ||
| plural | waken | waakten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wake | waakte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | waken | waakten | ||
| imperative sing. | waak | |||
| imperative plur.1 | waakt | |||
| participles | wakend | gewaakt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
waken
- Plural form of wake
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wacan.
Verb
waken (past wook, past participle waken)