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AWA'KE, v.t. pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. [The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.]

1. To rouse from asleep.

I go that I may awake him out of sleep. John 11.

2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity or inaction; to put into action, or new life; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

AWA'KE, v.i.

1. To cease to sleep; to come from a state of natural sleep.

Jacob awaked out of sleep. Gen. 28.

2. To bestir, revive or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life; as, the mind awakes from its stupidity.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd. Zech. 13.

3. To rouse from spiritual sleep.

Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Eph. 5.

Awake to righteousness. 1Cor. 15.

4. To rise from the dead. Job 14.

AWA'KE, a. Not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action.




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AWA'KE, v.t. pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. [The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.]

1. To rouse from asleep.

I go that I may awake him out of sleep. John 11.

2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity or inaction; to put into action, or new life; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

AWA'KE, v.i.

1. To cease to sleep; to come from a state of natural sleep.

Jacob awaked out of sleep. Gen. 28.

2. To bestir, revive or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life; as, the mind awakes from its stupidity.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd. Zech. 13.

3. To rouse from spiritual sleep.

Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Eph. 5.

Awake to righteousness. 1Cor. 15.

4. To rise from the dead. Job 14.

AWA'KE, a. Not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action.


A-WAKE', a.

Not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action.


A-WAKE', v.i.

  1. To cease to sleep; to come from a state of natural sleep. Jacob awaked out of sleep. Gen. xxviii.
  2. To bestir, revive or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life; as, the mind awakes from its stupidity. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd. Zech. xiii.
  3. To rouse from spiritual sleep. Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Eph. v. Awake to righteousness. – 1 Cor. xv.
  4. To rise from the dead. Job xiv.

A-WAKE', v.t. [pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. Sax. gewæcan, wacian, or weccan; D. wekken; Ger. wecken; Sw. upväcka; Dan. vækker. The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.]

  1. To rouse from sleep. I go that I may awake him out of sleep. John xi.
  2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death stupidity or inaction; to put into action, or new life; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

A*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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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Awake

AWA'KE, verb transitive preterit tense awoke, awaked; participle passive awaked. [The Latin vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.]

1. To rouse from asleep.

I go that I may awake him out of sleep. John 11:11.

2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity or inaction; to put into action, or new life; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

AWA'KE, verb intransitive

1. To cease to sleep; to come from a state of natural sleep.

Jacob awaked out of sleep. Genesis 28:16.

2. To bestir, revive or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life; as, the mind awakes from its stupidity.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd. Zechariah 13:7.

3. To rouse from spiritual sleep.

Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ephesians 5:14.

Awake to righteousness. 1 Corinthians 15:34.

4. To rise from the dead. Job 14:12.

AWA'KE, adjective Not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action.

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