AWAKE

awake

(adjective) not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; “lay awake thinking about his new job”; “still not fully awake”

alert, alive, awake

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

awake (comparative more awake, superlative most awake) (predicative only)

Not asleep; conscious.

Synonyms: conscious, lucid, wide awake, Thesaurus:awake

Antonyms: asleep, unconscious, Thesaurus:asleep

(figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.

Synonyms: wary, woke, Thesaurus:vigilant

Antonyms: heedless, oblivious

Etymology 2

Verb

awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past (rare) awaked or awoke, past participle (rare) awaked or (rare) awoke or (rare) awaken or awoken)

(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.

Synonyms: awaken, wake up, Thesaurus:wake

Antonyms: fall asleep, Thesaurus:fall asleep

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

Synonyms: bring round, cry, wake up, Thesaurus:awaken

Antonym: put to sleep

(transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.

(transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

(intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

Usage notes

For many speakers, this verb is commonly conflated with awaken (and, in such cases, lends some conjugational elements to it). See the usage notes at awaken for more details.

Source: Wiktionary

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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.] Etym: [AS. awæcnan, v. i. (imp. aw), and awacian, 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.

A*wake", v. i.

Definition: 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.

A*wake", a. Etym: [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]

Definition: 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 Edition

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