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Verb: waken  wey-kun
  1. Stop sleeping
    "The children wakened early on Christmas morning";
    - wake up, awake, awaken, wake
     
  2. Cause to become awake or conscious
    "Please waken me at 6 AM";
    - awaken, wake, rouse, wake up, arouse

Derived forms: wakens, wakening, wakened

Type of: alter, change, change state, modify, turn

Encyclopedia: Waken