Meaning of AWAKE
Pronunciation: | | u'weyk
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [v] stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" |
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| Synonyms: | | arouse, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
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| Antonyms: | | dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off | |
| See Also: | | catch some Z's, change state, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber, turn | |
Products Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Awake Anna Simon tries to find the best environment for her son, Max, who suffers from a rare genetic disease, but soon finds herself drawn to the charismatic counselor of a special camp for children like hers. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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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.
I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
--Goldsmith.
It way awake my bounty further. --Shak.
No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble.
\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.
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\A*wake"\, a. [From 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.
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