1.  waken(v = verb.body) arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody

2.  waken(v = verb.body) arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
is one way to change state, turn
Derived form noun wakening₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

   To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. [1913 Webster]
"Early, Turnus wakening with the light." [1913 Webster]

1.  To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. Milton. [1913 Webster]

2.  To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. [1913 Webster]
"Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial muse
Wakened the world." [1913 Webster]
"Venus now wakes, and wakens love." [1913 Webster]
"They introduce
Their sacred song, and waken raptures high." [1913 Webster]

waken, v.tr. & intr. make or become awake.

Etymology:
ON vakna f. Gmc, rel. to WAKE(1)