waken Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to become awake or conscious
    awaken; arouse; wake; rouse; wake up.
    • He was roused by the drunken men in the street
    • Please wake me at 6 AM.
  2. verb stop sleeping
    come alive; arouse; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
    • She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

WordNet

Wak"en intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. waknen, AS. wæcnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.
Wordforms
imperfect & present participle Wakened ; present participle & verbal noun Wakening
Definitions
  1. To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
    Early, Turnus wakening with the light. Dryden.
Wak"en transitive verb
Definitions
  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 Tyrtæus' martial muse Wakened the world. Roscommon.
    Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Milton.
    They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. Milton.

Webster 1913