Awakening

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS.
     [=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[ae]cnan
     to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.]
     To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
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           [He] is dispatched
           Already to awaken whom thou nam'st.      --Cowper.
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           Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson.
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     Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awakening \A*wak"en*ing\, a.
     Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense;
     rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an
     awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. --
     {A*wak"en*ing*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awakening \A*wak"en*ing\, n.
     The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A
     revival of religion, or more general attention to religious
     matters than usual.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awakening
       n : the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
           waking up he hated most" [syn: {wakening}, {waking up}]