Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which awakens or arouses from sleep or inaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, awakens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
awakens .
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Examples
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Another over-watchful Newbury "awakener" rapped on the head a nodding man who protested indignantly that he was wide-awake, and was only bowing in solemn assent and approval of the minister's arguments.
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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"Be your own awakener to the beauty and power that are alive in you right now."
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"Be your own awakener to the beauty and power that are alive in you right now."
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"Be your own awakener to the beauty and power that are alive in you right now."
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Arianna Huffington, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (Dailykos) Josh Marshall (talkingpointsmemo. com) are all opening up venues where people who practice the occupation of awakener can do their good work.
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Now, the dictionary definition of awakener as someone who awakens.
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Now, the dictionary definition of awakener as someone who awakens.
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Arianna Huffington, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (Dailykos) Josh Marshall (talkingpointsmemo. com) are all opening up venues where people who practice the occupation of awakener can do their good work.
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Well, actually, my concept of the occupation of awakener is one in which we do the work that produces the dictionary definition -- people who wake up.
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