資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Awakening \A*wak"en*ing\, a.
   Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense;
   rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an
   awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. --
   {A*wak"en*ing*ly}, adv.