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Noun: wakening  wey-ku-ning
  1. The act of waking
    "it was an early wakening";
    - awakening, waking up
Verb: waken  wey-kun
  1. Cause to become awake or conscious
    - awaken, wake, rouse, wake up, arouse
     
  2. Stop sleeping
    - wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive

Derived forms: wakenings

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

Antonym: cause to sleep

Encyclopedia: Waken

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