waken[verb]Synonyms: awaken, activate, arouse, awake, rouse, stir
Contrasted words: calm, ease, mollify, relax
Related Words: freshen,
renew [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
wak‧en /ˈweɪkən/ (
also waken up)
verb [intransitive and transitive][
Language: Old English;
Origin: wæcnian]
literary to wake up, or to wake someone up:
She gently wakened the sleeping child. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲