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#{{label|en|intransitive}} To become [[conscious]] after having [[sleep|slept]]. |
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#*{{w|Salvador Dalí}} (1904-1989): |
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#*:Each morning when I '''awake''', I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali. |
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#{{label|en|transitive}} To cause (somebody) to stop [[sleep|sleeping]]. |
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#*{{RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2}}, Bk.XVI: |
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#*:Than the good man '''awaked''' Sir Galahad and bade him aryse{{nb...}}. |
#*:Than the good man '''awaked''' Sir Galahad and bade him aryse{{nb...}}. |
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#{{label|en|transitive}} to [[excite]] or to [[stir up]] something [[latent]]. |
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#{{label|en|transitive|figurative}} To rouse from a state of [[inaction]] or [[dormancy]]. |
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#{{label|en|intransitive|figurative}} To come out of a state of [[inaction]] or [[dormancy]]. |
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#*:The national spirit again '''awoke'''. |
#*:The national spirit again '''awoke'''. |
Revision as of 05:25, 5 October 2014
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) awaken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) awacan, from (deprecated template usage) a- (intensive prefix) + (deprecated template usage) wacan.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /əˈweɪk/ - (deprecated use of
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parameter)Audio (US): (file) - (deprecated use of
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parameter) Rhymes: -eɪk
Adjective
awake (comparative more awake, superlative most awake) (predicative only)
- Not asleep; conscious.
- (deprecated template usage) (by extension) Alert, aware.
Synonyms
- (conscious): conscious, lucid, wide awake
Antonyms
- (conscious): asleep, unconscious
Translations
conscious
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alert, aware
Verb
awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past awoke or (rare) awaked, past participle awoken or awaked or (rare) awoke)
- (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
- Salvador Dalí (1904-1989):
- Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
- Salvador Dalí (1904-1989):
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2, Bk.XVI:
- Than the good man awaked Sir Galahad and bade him aryse […].
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2, Bk.XVI:
- (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.
- Freeman
- The national spirit again awoke.
- Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 34
- Awake to righteousness, and sin not.
- Freeman
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (to gain consciousness): fall asleep
Derived terms
Translations
to gain consciousness
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to cause someone to stop sleeping
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to excite something latent
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
See also
References
- “awake”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “awake”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "awake" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
- “awake”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “awake”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English irregular verbs