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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. cause to become awake or conscious;
- Example: "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"
- Example: "Please wake me at 6 AM."
[syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]

2. stop sleeping;
- Example: "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Waken \Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. Wakened; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Wakening.] [OE. waknen, AS. w[ae]cnan; akin to Goth.
   gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.]
   To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
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         Early, Turnus wakening with the light.   --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Waken \Wak"en\, v. t.
   1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to
      awaken. "Go, waken Eve." --Milton.
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   2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
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            Then Homer's and Tyrtaeus' martial muse
            Wakened the world.                    --Roscommon.
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            Venus now wakes, and wakens love.     --Milton.
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            They introduce
            Their sacred song, and waken raptures high.
                                                  --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

waken
    v 1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
         drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn:
         awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]
         [ant: cause to sleep]
    2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
       [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come
       alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off,
       drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod
       off]