the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
v. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
v. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To wake; cease to sleep; be awakened: literally or figuratively.
To keep awake; refrain from sleeping; watch.
To excite or rouse from sleep; awaken.
To excite to action or motion; rouse; stir up.
To excite; produce; call forth.
A wake; not sleeping.
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v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
Word Usage
"Some day I shall waken from a supposed hour's lingering here and find myself an old man with white hair and ragged coat, as in that fairy tale we read the other night."