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wakening |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wakening \Wak"en*ing\, n. 1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening. 2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action --Burrill. They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of the process against Janet. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waken \Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr {Wakened}; p. pr & vb n. {Wakening}.] [OE. waknen, AS w[ae]cnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan See {Wake}, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. Early, Turnus wakening with the light. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wakening n : the act of waking; "it was a rude awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: {awakening}, {waking up}]
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