Defn: Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. Dryden.
— Wake"ful*ly, adv.
— Wake"ful*ness, n.
WAKEN
Wak"en, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. Wakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Wakening.]
Etym: [OE. waknen, AS. wæcnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v.
i.]
Defn: To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Early, Turnus wakening with the light. Dryden.
WAKEN
Wak"en, v. t.
1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve." Milton.
2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse Wakened the world. Roscommon.
Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Milton.
They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. Milton.
WAKENER
Wak"en*er, n.
Defn: One who wakens.
WAKENING
Wak"en*ing, n.
1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.