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Awake - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Awake : adj
1: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake
thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
[syn: awake(p)] [ant: asleep(p)]
2: not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the
patient is now awake and alert" [syn: alert, awake(p)]
3: (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally
perceptive; "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)]
(verb)
1: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive,
waken] [ant: fall asleep]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
The national spirit again awoke. --Freeman.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not. --1 Cor. xv.
34.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
--Tennyson.
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him,
saying, Lord, save us; we perish. --Matt. viii.
25.
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.
I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
--Goldsmith.
It way awake my bounty further. --Shak.
No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Awake : \A*wake"\, a. [Based on awaken, old p. p. of awake.]
Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of
vigilance or action.
Before whom awake I stood. --Milton.
She still beheld, Now wide awake, the vision of her
sleep. --Keats.
He was awake to the danger. --Froude.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Awake |
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RogerAnderson3: finally Awake...sorta |
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lesyjade: "The stars lean down to kiss you, And I lie Awake I miss you..." ♥ -Vanilla Twilight, Owl City |
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