Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Awakening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS.
[=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[ae]cnan
to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.]
To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st.
--Cowper.
Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson.
Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awakening \A*wak"en*ing\, a.
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense;
rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an
awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. --
{A*wak"en*ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awakening \A*wak"en*ing\, n.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A
revival of religion, or more general attention to religious
matters than usual.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
awakening
n : the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
waking up he hated most" [syn: {wakening}, {waking up}]
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