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#{{context|intransitive|lang=en}} To become [[conscious]] after having [[sleep|slept]].
#{{label|en|intransitive}} To become [[conscious]] after having [[sleep|slept]].
#* [[:w:Salvador Dalí|Salvador Dalí]] (1904-1989):
#*{{w|Salvador Dalí}} (1904-1989):
#*: Each morning when I '''awake''', I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
#*:Each morning when I '''awake''', I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
#{{context|transitive|lang=en}} To cause (somebody) to stop [[sleep|sleeping]].
#{{label|en|transitive}} To cause (somebody) to stop [[sleep|sleeping]].
#*{{RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2}}, Bk.XVI:
#*{{RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2}}, Bk.XVI:
#*:Than the good man '''awaked''' Sir Galahad and bade him aryse{{nb...}}.
#*:Than the good man '''awaked''' Sir Galahad and bade him aryse{{nb...}}.
#{{context|transitive|lang=en}} to [[excite]] or to [[stir up]] something [[latent]].
#{{label|en|transitive}} to [[excite]] or to [[stir up]] something [[latent]].
#{{context|transitive|figurative|lang=en}} To rouse from a state of [[inaction]] or [[dormancy]].
#{{label|en|transitive|figurative}} To rouse from a state of [[inaction]] or [[dormancy]].
#{{context|intransitive|figurative|lang=en}} To come out of a state of [[inaction]] or [[dormancy]].
#{{label|en|intransitive|figurative}} To come out of a state of [[inaction]] or [[dormancy]].
#*Freeman
#*Freeman
#*: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

Adjective

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

  1. Not asleep; conscious.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (by extension) Alert, aware.

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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)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
  3. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.
  4. (transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
  5. (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.

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