Wakening

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

wakening
    n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
         waking up he hated most" [syn: {awakening}, {wakening},
         {waking up}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wakening \Wak"en*ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to
      sleep; an awakening.
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   2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action. --Burrill.
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            They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of
            the process against Janet.            --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Early, Turnus wakening with the light.   --Dryden.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

WAKENING, Scotch law. The revival of an action. 
     2. An action is said to sleep, when it lies over, not insisted on for a 
year in which case it is suspended. 4, t. 1, n. 33. With us a revival is by 
scire facias. (q.v.)

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