AWAKE
A*wake", a. Etym: [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]
Defn: 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.
AWAKEN
A*wak"en, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Awakened (; p. pr. & vb. n.
Awakening.] Etym: [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. awæcnan, awæcnian, v.
i.; pref. on- + wæcnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t.]
Defn: To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper.
Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson.
Syn.
— To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
AWAKENER
A*wak"en*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, awakens.
AWAKENING
A*wak"en*ing, a.
Defn: Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. — A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv.
AWAKENING
A*wak"en*ing, n.