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Pronunciation : A*wake"
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. Awoke
Etymology : [AS. aw?cnan, v. i. (imp. aw), and awacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.]
Definition : 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : A*wake"
Part of Speech : v. i.
Definition : Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : A*wake"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]
Definition : Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913