Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of awakening, or the state of being awakened; specifically, a religious revival.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare An awakening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
awakening .
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Examples
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The chirp of a robin on the bough above his head awakened him, and his awakenment was accompanied by a sigh.
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It was a place where feelings were liberated from the constraint which the real world puts upon them; and the process of awakenment was always marked by resignation and
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It was a place where feelings were liberated from the constraint which the real world puts upon them; and the process of awakenment was always marked by resignation and a kind of stoical acceptance of facts.
Night and Day 1920
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The chirp of a robin on the bough above his head awakened him, and his awakenment was accompanied by a sigh.
Night and Day 1920
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Persia that touched Greece to awakenment; and there is that problematical Indian period (if it existed), thirteen decades after the fall of the Mauryas, and following close upon the waning of the first glory of the Hans.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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I take it that Chang Taoling's activities round about this year 165 represent an impulse of the national soul to awakenment under the influence of the recurrence of the Eastern Han Day half-cycle.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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To sum up, then: I believe there was an influx of the Crest-Wave into Britain, from about 410 to 540: a national awakenment, with something of greatness to account for the Arthurian legend; and with something of spiritual illumination, through a revival of
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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When he attains _Bodhi_, i.e. the awakenment from the sleep of self to the perfection of consciousness, he becomes
Sadhana : the realisation of life Rabindranath Tagore 1901
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Mother, they will be roused from the slumber of ages, and the auspicious dawn of awakenment will light up the horizon.
Indian Unrest Valentine Chirol 1890
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Confucius, its tocsin to call the people to awakenment. "
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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