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1. (v.t.) waken
to rouse from sleep; wake.
2. waken
to stir up or excite; arouse; awaken:
to waken the reader's interest.
3. (v.i.) waken
to awake; awaken; wake.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME waknen, OE wæcnan, c. ON vakna; akin to wake1; see -en1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
cause to become awake or conscious
"He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
2. (verb) wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
stop sleeping
"She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) waken
to wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened
2. (verb) waken
to excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken
3. (verb) waken
to excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken
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Sense: to wake
What time are you going to waken him?; I wakened early.
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 Afrikaans: wakker maak |
 Arabic: يوقِظ |
 Bulgarian: удя се |
 Brazilian: acordar |
 Czech: probudit (se) |
 German: wecken, aufwachen |
 Danish: vække; vågne |
 Greek: ξυπνώ |
 Spanish: despertar(se) |
 Estonian: äratama, ärkama |
 Farsi: بيدار شدن |
 Finnish: herättää |
 French: (se) réveiller |
 Hebrew: לְהָעִיר |
 Hindi: जागना |
 Croatian: probuditi se |
 Hungarian: felébreszt |
 Indonesian: membangunkan |
 Icelandic: vakna, vekja |
 Italian: svegliare, svegliarsi |
 Japanese: 起こす |
 Korean: 깨우다 |
 Lithuanian: prabusti, budinti |
 Latvian: []mosties; []modināt |
 Malay: mengejutkan, terjaga |
 Dutch: ontwaken; wekken |
 Norwegian: vekke; våkne |
 Polish: obudzić się |
 Persian: بيدار شدن |
 Pashto: ويښيدل، باريدل |
 Portuguese: acordar |
 Romanian: a se trezi |
 Russian: будить;просыпаться |
 Slovak: prebudiť (sa) |
 Slovenian: prebuditi (se) |
 Serbian: probuditi |
 Swedish: vakna, väcka |
 Thai: ตื่นนอน |
 Turkish: uyan(dır)mak |
 Taiwanese: 睡醒 |
 Ukrainian: прокидатися; будити |
 Urdu: بیدار ہونا یا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: đánh thức |
 Chinese: 睡醒 |
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