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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Awakening

· A·wak·en·ing · IPA /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/
01 a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; th…
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    Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
02 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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    The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.