awake
[ uh-weyk ]
/ əˈweɪk /
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verb (used with or without object), a·woke [uh-wohk] /əˈwoʊk/ or a·waked, a·woke or a·waked or a·wo·ken [uh-woh-kuhn], /əˈwoʊ kən/, a·wak·ing.
to wake up; rouse from sleep: I awoke at six with a feeling of dread.
to rouse to action; become active: His flagging interest awoke.
to come or bring to an awareness; become cognizant (often followed by to): She awoke to the realities of life.
adjective
waking; not sleeping.
vigilant; alert: They were awake to the danger.
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awake
/ (əˈweɪk) /
verb awakes, awaking, awoke, awaked, awoken or awaked
to emerge or rouse from sleep; wake
to become or cause to become alert
(usually foll by to) to become or make aware (of)to awake to reality
Also: awaken (tr) to arouse (feelings, etc) or cause to remember (memories, etc)
adjective (postpositive)
not sleeping
(sometimes foll by to) lively or alert
Word Origin for awake
Old English awacian, awacan; see wake 1
undefined awake
See wake 1
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