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Webster 1913 Edition

Waken

Wak′en

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. pr.
Wakened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wakening
.]
[OE.
waknen
, AS.
wæcnan
; akin to Goth. ga
waknan
. See
Wake
,
Verb.
I.
]
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
waken
raptures high.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Waken

WAKEN

,
Verb.
I.
wakn. To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Early Turnus wakning with the light.

WAKEN

,
Verb.
T.
wakn.
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.

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