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1
to cause to stop sleeping
- a sudden loud noise wakened us
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2
to cease to be asleep
- she usually wakens when sunlight begins to stream through the windows
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“Waken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waken. Accessed 26 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of waken was in the 14th century
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