Woken

//ˈwəʊ.kən// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of wake form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    To make or become woke or woker. ambitransitive

    "The “wokening” industry swallowed Orr's latest incarnation—the new, improved Rory Rabineau—as a perfect antidote to the perceived poison of his uninsurable “mental instability.”"

Synonyms

All synonyms
wokify

Example

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"I feel as if I've woken up from a nightmare."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Morphologically woke + -n.

Etymology 2

From woke + -en.

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