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rewaken

rewaken verb: to awaken again; to rewake.

Verb

rewaken (third-person singular simple present rewakens, present participle rewakening, simple past and past participle rewakened)

  1. (archaic) To awaken again; to rewake
    • And love will last as pure and whole
      ⁠As when he loved me here in Time,
      ⁠And at the spiritual prime
      Rewaken with the dawning soul.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 65

Forms of rewaken

third-person singular presentrewakens
present participlerewakening
past participlerewakened
pastrewakened

Origin of rewaken

From re- + waken.

Questions about rewaken

What does rewaken mean?
Rewaken means to awaken again; to rewake.
What part of speech is rewaken?
Rewaken is a verb.
What is the past tense of rewaken?
The past tense of rewaken is rewakened.

Words near rewaken in the dictionary

  1. rewagered
  2. rewagering
  3. rewagers
  4. rewake
  5. rewaked
  6. rewaken
  7. rewakened
  8. rewakening
  9. rewakenings
  10. rewakens
  11. rewakes

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