WAKEN

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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

2.
v.

To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve." Milton.

3.
v.

To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse Wakened the world. Roscommon. Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Milton. They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. Milton.

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