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Awake \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.
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Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
--Tennyson.
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And his disciples came to him, and awoke him,
saying, Lord, save us; we perish. --Matt. viii.
25.
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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.
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I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
--Goldsmith.
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It way awake my bounty further. --Shak.
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No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble.
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Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS.
[=a]w[ae]cnan, [=a]w[ae]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- w[ae]cnan
to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.]
To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
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[He] is dispatched
Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. --Cowper.
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Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson.
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Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
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