Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Waken \Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. {Wakened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wakening}.] [OE. waknen, AS. w[ae]cnan; akin to Goth.
   gawaknan. See {Wake}, v. i.]
   To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.

         Early, Turnus wakening with the light.   --Dryden.