[syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Awake \A*wake"\, v. i.
To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep;
and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as
inaction or death.
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The national spirit again awoke. --Freeman.
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Awake to righteousness, and sin not. --1 Cor. xv.
34.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Awake \A*wake"\, v. t. [imp. Awoke, Awaked; p. p. Awaked;
(Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The
form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS.
[=a]w[ae]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, v. i.
(imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.]
1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
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Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
--Tennyson.
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And his disciples came to him, and awoke him,
saying, Lord, save us; we perish. --Matt. viii.
25.
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2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death,
stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new
life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the
dormant faculties.
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I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
--Goldsmith.
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It way awake my bounty further. --Shak.
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No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Awake \A*wake"\, a. [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]
Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of
vigilance or action.
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Before whom awake I stood. --Milton.
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She still beheld,
Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep. --Keats.
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He was awake to the danger. --Froude.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
awake
adj 1: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake
thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
[ant: asleep(p)]
2: mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to
the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the
dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of
his predicament" [syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)]
v 1: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm
clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken,
wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze
off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep,
flake out, nod off]