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wakens

wakens is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about wakens

What is wakens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wakens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waken.

Words near wakens in the dictionary

  1. wakeners
  2. wakenest
  3. wakeneth
  4. wakening
  5. wakenings
  6. wakens
  7. wakeover
  8. wakeovers
  9. waker
  10. waker-upper
  11. waker-uppers

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