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Definitions of waken
  1. verb
    stop sleeping
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  2. verb
    cause to become awake or conscious
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Definition that contains waken
  • siegfried (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
  • revival an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion
  • arousal awakening from sleep
  • reawaken awaken once again
  • night terror an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings
  • rip van winkle the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
  • revivalism an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith
  • posthypnotic suggestion a suggestion that is made to a person who is hypnotized that specifies an action he will perform (usually in response to a cue) after he has awakened
  • sleeping beauty fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss
  • revival meeting an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion
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