"waken" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈweɪkən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-waken.wav Forms: wakens [present, singular, third-person], wakening [participle, present], wakened [participle, past], wakened [past]
Rhymes: -eɪkən Etymology: From Middle English waknen, from Old English wæcnan, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|waknen}} Middle English waknen, {{inh|en|ang|wæcnan}} Old English wæcnan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*waknaną}} Proto-Germanic *waknaną Head templates: {{en-verb}} waken (third-person singular simple present wakens, present participle wakening, simple past and past participle wakened)
  1. (transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-waken-en-verb-U98oVp39
  2. (intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-waken-en-verb-At1Hd-Ga Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: awaken

Inflected forms

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