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wakening
(encz) | wakening, n: |
Wakening
(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.
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Early, Turnus wakening with the light. --Dryden.
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Wakening
(gcide) | Wakening \Wak"en*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to
sleep; an awakening.
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2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action. --Burrill.
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They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of
the process against Janet. --Sir W.
Scott.
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wakening
(wn) | wakening
n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening,
waking up] |
WAKENING
(bouvier) | WAKENING, Scotch law. The revival of an action.
2. An action is said to sleep, when it lies over, not insisted on for a
year in which case it is suspended. 4, t. 1, n. 33. With us a revival is by
scire facias. (q.v.)
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awakening
(encz) | awakening,probouzení awakening,probuzení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Awakening
(gcide) | 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.
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[He] is dispatched
Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. --Cowper.
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Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson.
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Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Awakeningly
(gcide) | 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.
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Wakening
(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.
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Early, Turnus wakening with the light. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Wakening \Wak"en*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to
sleep; an awakening.
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2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action. --Burrill.
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They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of
the process against Janet. --Sir W.
Scott.
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awakening
(wn) | awakening
n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening,
waking up] |
WAKENING
(bouvier) | WAKENING, Scotch law. The revival of an action.
2. An action is said to sleep, when it lies over, not insisted on for a
year in which case it is suspended. 4, t. 1, n. 33. With us a revival is by
scire facias. (q.v.)
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