Awake

A·wake

Awake

v. t.

imp. Awoke; p. p. Awaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking

  1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
    Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
    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.
    It way awake my bounty further.
    No sunny gleam awakes the trees.

Awake

v. i.
  1. 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.

Awake

a.
  1. Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
    Before whom awake I stood.
    She still beheld, Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep.
    — Keats.
    He was awake to the danger.