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Waken v. t.

To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve."

To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. "Then Homer's and Tyrtaeus' martial muse Wakened the world." "Venus now wakes, and wakens love." "They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high."

Waken v. i. (past & past part. wakened; pres. part. wakening) To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. "Early, Turnus wakening with the light."

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"Waken" Quotes from Famous Books

... immediately preceding Byron's death show that, to his last moments, he entertained what is generally regarded as superstitious sentiments. He thought it possible for him to waken from the sleep of death, and torment those he desired to punish. Perceiving that he was seriously ill, he called his faithful attendant Fletcher, and gave him several directions. The servant expressed a hope that he (his master) would live many years. To this Byron replied, ...

— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant

... pity, he vowed (she was so anxious to be told that), but because he was an old bachelor sorely in need of someone to take care of him. And how she took care of him! But though she was so happy now, she knew that she must be very careful, for there was something in her blood that might waken and prevent her being a good woman. She thought it would be ...

— Tommy and Grizel • J.M. Barrie

... said, and looked at the maiden's roses and lilies with that rapture of admiration occasioned half by memory of her own charms which had faded, and half by understanding of the value of them in coin of love, which one woman can waken only ...

— The Heart's Highway - A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeeth Century • Mary E. Wilkins

... with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; (3) the reorganization of a conservative cathedral staff with anomalous vested rights. He described the intention of his appointment to be "that St Paul's should waken up from its long slumber." The first year that he spent at St Paul's was, writes one of his friends, one of "misery" for a man who loved study and quiet and the country, and hated official pomp and financial business and ceremonious appearances. ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various

... he growled, laughing softly, while he was undressing quietly, so as not to waken his mother, who was ...

— Jean-Christophe, Vol. I • Romain Rolland

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