Dictionary entry

Waken (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wak″en, v. t. 1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. “Go, waken Eve.” Milton.

2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.

Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse

Wakened the world. Roscommon.

Venus now wakes, and wakens love. Milton.

They introduce

Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. Milton.