woken

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Morphologically woke + -n.

Verb

woken

  1. past participle of wake

Etymology 2

From woke + -en.

Verb

woken (third-person singular simple present wokens, present participle wokening, simple past and past participle wokened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become woke or woker.
    • 2022, Bruce Wagner, ROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr:
      The “wokening” industry swallowed Orr's latest incarnation—the new, improved Rory Rabineau—as a perfect antidote to the perceived poison of his uninsurable “mental instability.”
    • 2022, Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Country:
      Which is why progressivism ain't no religion; it's a cult. Instead of the Ten Commandments, it's political correctness. Instead of any meaningful spiritual awakening, it's a performative wokening.
    • 2023, Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris, The Black Guy Dies First:
      Instead of a grim reminder of reality in which the Black hero survives the ordeal only to be wrongfully dispatched by police—à la Night of the Living Dead—Get Out exudes the hope of an ever-wokening world.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

woken

  1. inflection of woke:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔkʲɛn]

Noun

woken

  1. genitive plural of wokno

Synonyms

  • woknow

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wācian; equivalent to woke + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare weyken and Old English wǣcan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɔːkən/
  • (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈwɑːkən/

Verb

woken (rare)

  1. To become weakened or tired; to weaken.
  2. To calm; to lose one's bravery.
  3. To add water to; to make watery or soft.

Conjugation

References

Swedish

Noun

woken

  1. definite singular of wok
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