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Definition of Awake
1. Adjective. Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious. "Still not fully awake"
Similar to: Astir, Up, Awakened, Insomniac, Sleepless, Watchful, Unsleeping, Wide-awake, Wakeful, Waking
Antonyms: Asleep
2. Verb. Stop sleeping. "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
Entails: Catch Some Z's, Kip, Log Z's, Sleep, Slumber
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Arousal, Awakening, Waker, Wakening
Antonyms: Fall Asleep
3. Adjective. Mentally perceptive and responsive. "Was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
Similar to: Aware, Cognisant, Cognizant
Derivative terms: Alertness, Aliveness
Definition of Awake
1. v. t. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
2. v. i. 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.
3. a. Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
Definition of Awake
1. Adjective. Not asleep; conscious. ¹
2. Adjective. (by extension) Alert, aware. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Awake
1. to wake up [v AWAKED or AWOKE, AWOKEN, AWAKING, AWAKES]
Medical Definition of Awake
1. 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 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) Origin: Awoke, Awaked; Awaked; (Obs) Awaken, Awoken; . Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a] [AS. Awaecnan, v. I. (imp. Awc), and awacian, v. I. (imp. Awacode). See Awaken, Wake. 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) Origin: From awaken, old p. P. Of awake. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Awake
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