- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Awaken.
- (a.) Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
- (n.) The act of awaking or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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