verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To wake or rouse from sleep. transitive
2. 2
   stop sleeping wordnet
3. 3
   To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. intransitive

   "Early, Turnus wakening with the light."

4. 4
   cause to become awake or conscious wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

activateannoyarouseawakeawakenawaken

Example

More examples

"I didn't expect you to be waken up so early in the morning."

Etymology

From Middle English waknen, from Old English wæcnan, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

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