From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwakenwak‧en /ˈweɪkən/ (also waken up) verb [intransitive, transitive] literaryWAKE UP/GET UP to wake up, or to wake someone up She gently wakened the sleeping child.→ See Verb table
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waken• Agnes would often waken at the slightest sound.• Then, quickly, as though wakened from a dream, she began to dress and feed her children.• The pain had fully wakened him, and he began to think of the lecture.• He wasn't sure if he should waken his mother.• These things decided, I wakened my love with a fingernail scratch.• When the day came she wakened slowly, turning to touch Edward, but he was not there.• No wonder she hadn't wakened till after half-past nine!• Perhaps you imagine that my poor patient can be wakened up and talked to.• I wakened up when he started shouting at me.Origin waken Old English wæcnian 