Part 822

<hw>A*wake"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Awoke</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Awaked</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Awaked</er>; (Obs.) <er>Awaken</er>, <er>Awoken</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Awaking</er>. The form <er>Awoke</er> is sometimes used as a <tt>p. p</tt>.] <ety>[AS. <ets>\'bew\'91cnan</ets>, v. i. (imp. <ets>aw<?/c</ets>), and <ets>\'bewacian</ets>, v. i. (imp. <ets>awacode</ets>). See <er>Awaken</er>, <er>Wake</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rouse from sleep.; to wake; to awaken.</def>

<blockquote>Where morning's earliest ray . . . <b>awake</b> her. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And his disciples came to him, and <b>awoke</b> him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. <i>Matt. viii. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>awake</ex> the dead; to <ex>awake</ex> the dormant faculties.</as></def>

<blockquote>I was soon <b>awaked</b> from this disagreeable reverie. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It way <b>awake</b> my bounty further. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No sunny gleam <b>awake</b>s the trees. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>A*wake"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The national spirit again <b>awoke</b>. <i>Freeman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Awake</b> to righteousness, and sin not. <i>1 Cor. xv. 34.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>A*wake"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>awaken</ets>, old p. p. of <ets>awake</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.</def>

<blockquote>Before whom <b>awake</b> I stood. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>She still beheld, Now wide <b>awake</b>, the vision of her sleep. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He was <b>awake</b> to the danger. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>A*wak"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Awakened</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Awakening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>awakenen</ets>, <ets>awaknen</ets>, AS. <ets>\'bew\'91cnan</ets>, <ets>\'bew\'91cnian</ets>, <tt>v. i.</tt>; pref. <ets>on-</ets> + <ets>w\'91cnan</ets> to wake. Cf. <er>Awake</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.</def>

<blockquote> is dispatched Already to <b>awaken</b> whom thou nam'st. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their consciences are thoroughly <b>awakened</b>. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.</syn>

<h1>Awakener</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*wak"en*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, awakens.</def>

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<hw>A*wak"en*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; <as>as, the <ex>awakening</ex> city; an <ex>awakening</ex> discourse; the <ex>awakening</ex> dawn.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*wak"en*ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Awakening</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*wak"en*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.</def>

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