Waken
/ˈweɪkən/ verb
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To wake or rouse from sleep. transitive
- 2 stop sleeping wordnet
- 3 To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. intransitive
"Early, Turnus wakening with the light."
- 4 cause to become awake or conscious wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
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.