Antonyms for wakens
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wey-kuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ kən |
Definition of wakens
Origin :- "to become awake," Old English wæcnan, wæcnian "to rise, spring," from the same source as wake (v.). Figurative sense was in Old English. Transitive sense of "to arouse (someone or something) from sleep" is recorded from c.1200. Related: Wakened; wakening.
- verb stop sleeping
- verb excite, stimulate
- verb wake
- The painter is moved by some sweep of landscape; it wakens in him an emotion.
- Extract from : « The Enjoyment of Art » by Carleton Noyes
- Take it into the boy's room and open it if he wakens during the night.
- Extract from : « Old Mr. Wiley » by Fanny Greye La Spina
- He is the teacher who shows where power exists: he is the leader who wakens and forms it.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith
- This, in a way, wakens her to life, but she will not marry him; and he goes away for years.
- Extract from : « Overlooked » by Maurice Baring
- It wakens or warns, threatens or gladdens, and woos him back to slumberland.
- Extract from : « In Beaver World » by Enos Abijah Mills
- Then to the nurse she turned, asking, “Will it be long before she wakens, Kathryn?”
- Extract from : « Bobs, a Girl Detective » by Grace May North
- One wakens and says, "What strange, or exciting, or delightful dreams I have had!"
- Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
- Will you greet me as one who returns from a long journey, as one who wakens from a long dream?
- Extract from : « The Outrage » by Annie Vivanti
- Even the earth he stands on wakens in him a mood of seriousness.
- Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 2 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
- It is ready to leap into growth the moment the warm rain of spring wakens it.
- Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
Synonyms for wakens
- activate
- animate
- arise
- arouse
- awake
- awaken
- be roused
- bestir
- bring to life
- call
- challenge
- come to
- enliven
- fire
- fire up
- freshen
- galvanize
- get out of bed
- get up
- grasp
- jazz up
- key up
- kindle
- notice
- nudge
- open one's eyes
- pep up
- prod
- provoke
- quicken
- rally
- renew
- rise
- rise and shine
- roll out
- rouse
- see
- shake
- steam up
- stir
- stir up
- stretch
- switch on
- tumble out
- turn out
- understand
- wake up
- whet
- zip up
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