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wakened

wakened is the simple past and past participle of waken.

Meaning of waken

Verb

waken (third-person singular simple present wakens, present participle wakening, simple past and past participle wakened)

  1. (transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep.
    Synonyms:
    disturb
  2. (intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
    • Early, Turnus wakening with the light.1697, Virgil, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Words formed from wakened

Questions about wakened

What is wakened the simple past and past participle of?
Wakened is the simple past and past participle of waken.

Words near wakened in the dictionary

  1. Wakelys
  2. wakeman
  3. Wakemans
  4. wakemen
  5. waken
  6. wakened
  7. wakener
  8. wakeners
  9. wakenest
  10. wakeneth
  11. wakening

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