Wakening
noun
1.
awakening.
2.
Scots Law. a revival of a legal action or the process by which this is done.
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
3.
to wake, or become awake; awaken.
verb
1.
to rouse or be roused from sleep or some other inactive state
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