— wakener , n.
/way"keuhn/ , v.t.
1. to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
2. to rouse from inactivity; stir up or excite; arouse; awaken: to waken the reader's interest.
v.i.
3. to wake, or become awake; awaken.
[ bef. 900; ME waknen, OE waecnan; c. ON vakna; akin to WAKE 1 ; see -EN 1 ]