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.