'Wakening' definitions:

Definition of 'wakening'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening, waking up]

Definition of 'Wakening'

From: GCIDE
  • Waken \Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. Wakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.] [OE. waknen, AS. w[ae]cnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. [1913 Webster]
  • Early, Turnus wakening with the light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wakening'

From: GCIDE
  • Wakening \Wak"en*ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
  • They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of the process against Janet. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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