0 present participle of waken
1 to (cause to) wake from sleep:
I shook him but he didn't waken.
Waken me at 7.00, would you?
We are wakening up to our folly at last, and we only ask for a small proportion of what we ought to have.
We consider that the fullest practicable disclosure of information concerning the activities of companies will lessen such opportunities and accord with a wakening social consciousness.
I was glad that the report devoted a section to wakening times.
Surpluses in the trade in services have also been wakening over recent years.
Upon wakening, the ritualist seer could, for example, write down everything he or she has experienced, witnessed, or been told.
Upon wakening, she craves more.
From there, there seemed to come a delicate breeze, filling the air with biting cold, and among the murmuring woods on neighboring hills wakening the birds into joyous song.
