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awakening
Adjective
  • Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
Noun
  • The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
  • A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. religion
  • Being roused into action or activity. figuratively
Verb
  • present participle of awaken
awaken
Verb
  • To cause to become awake. transitive
  • To cause to become conscious. transitive
  • To stop sleeping. intransitive