wakened
past simple and past participle ofwaken
waken
verb[IorT]
formaluk/ˈweɪ.kən/us/ˈweɪ.kən/to (causeto)wakefromsleep:
Ishookhim but he didn't waken.
Waken me at 7.00, would you?
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- anti-sleep
- astir
- be in the land of the livingidiom
- come
- conscious
- consciousness
- get up
- insomniac
- keep
- keepsomeoneup
- knock
- knock up
- land
- not sleep a winkidiom
- sit(someone)up
- stir
- toss
- wakeful
- waken
- waking
Examplesofwakened
wakened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One can see and hear cats, but nobody has ever beenwakenedin the middle of the night by the yowling of a set.
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It is merely "sleeping" and needs to be gentlywakened.
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First, it is difficult to establish a psychological contact with the subject behaviorallywakenedfrom this stage.
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I am delighted to see that at last the police constables havewakenedup.
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Perhaps it is a sign of the fact that this nation has not yetwakenedup to the importance of science and technology.
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In some cases people told me that they werewakenedby the noises and that the bed started to move.
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It is then we find this noisy "revving-up" of motor-cycles, this fighting and shouting and swearing, so that neighbours cannot fail to bewakened.
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So much for the statement that we have suddenlywakenedup to the problem.
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Suddenly the country hadwakenedup to it.
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I am afraid that they havewakenedup rather late in the day.
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The men in charge repair to their huts and go to sleep, and they have to bewakenedin order to get the red light changed to green.
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They considered the question that he might be in bed and asleep, and not be able to bewakeneduntil the invading divisions were well committed.
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If that is so, it is a dream from which they need to bewakened, becauselaissez-faireis just not practical in the real world of to-day.
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A large proportion of farmers to-day have onlywakenedup to the fact that what they thought was a protection has turned out to be a danger.
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They reached the town late at night, and werewakenedby a loud knock on the door early in the morning.
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