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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.
A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion, than usual.

Definition 2024


awakening

awakening

English

Adjective

awakening

  1. 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)

  1. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
  2. (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
  3. (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.

Translations

Verb

awakening

  1. present participle of awaken