Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Waken

/wāk'-ən/ · Wak·en · IPA /ˈweɪkən/

01 v. i. To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.

imp. & p. pr. Wakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening

1.
To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
“Early, Turnus wakening with the light.” — Dryden.

02 v. t. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.

1.
To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
2.
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
“Then Homer's and Tyrtaeus' martial muse Wakened the world.” — Roscommon.

“Venus now wakes, and wakens love.” — Milton.

“They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high.” — Milton.