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   Waken (?), v. i. [imp. & p. pr. Wakened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.] [OE. waknen, AS. wæcnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan.  See Wake, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
   
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   Early, Turnus wakening with the light. Dryden.
   
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   Waken, v. t.
   1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.  “Go, waken Eve.”  Milton.
   
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   2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
   
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   Then Homer's and Tyrtaeus' martial muse
   
   Wakened the world. Roscommon.
   
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   Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Milton.
   
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   They introduce
   
   Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. Milton.
   
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