wakening

[ wey-kuh-ning ]

/ ˈweɪ kə nɪŋ /

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noun

awakening.

Scots Law. a revival of a legal action or the process by which this is done.

Origin of wakening

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at waken, -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM wakening

un·wak·en·ing, adjective

Words nearby wakening

Wakefield, wakeful, Wake Island, wakeless, waken, wakening, wakerife, wake-robin, wake-up, wake-up call, Waksman

Example sentences from the Web for wakening

We remember only such things as are brought into our consciousness directly and emphatically during the process of wakening.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
He has thereby wakened and is wakening in the hearts of men a seed his father planted.
Hope of the Gospel|George MacDonald
The hour of wakening was to come--Stephen Letsom never forgot it.
Wife in Name Only|Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay)
For the first time she felt something stir in her stunned mind—as if thought were wakening—fear—a vague quaking.
Robin|Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, by the winds which tell of the violet's birth.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou