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v. i. 1. To watch. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wait (on or upon). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wait; to stay in waiting. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj. 1. expected. Opposite of unexpected.
Syn. -- anticipated, hoped-for, prospective. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The national spirit again awoke. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. xv. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. āwæcnan, v. i. (imp. awōc), and āwacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake. ] 1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

It way awake my bounty further. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No sunny gleam awakes the trees. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From awaken, old p. p. of awake. ] Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before whom awake I stood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

She still beheld,
Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was awake to the danger. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Awakened p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening. ] [ OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. āwæcnan, āwæcnian, v. i.; pref. on- + wæcnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t. ] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] is dispatched
Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, awakens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 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. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An awakening. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + wanting. ] Missing; wanting. [ Prov. Scot. & Eng. ] Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Awarding. ] [ OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wartēn to watch, guard. See Ward. ] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant. [ 1913 Webster ]

To review
The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To determine; to make an award. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See Award, v. t. ] 1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.“Impatient for the award.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

An award had been given against. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. iwar, AS. gewær, fr. wær wary. The pref. ge- orig. meant together, completely. &unr_;. See Wary. ] 1. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aware of nothing arduous in a task
They never undertook. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. conscious knowledge; as, he had no awareness of his mistakes.
Syn. -- cognizance, knowingness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; as, the crash intruded on his awareness.
Syn. -- sentience. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + warn, AS. gewarnian. See Warn, v. t. ] To warn. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + wash. ] 1. Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore; or specifically: (Naut.) flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it; -- of an anchor, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abounding; filled; covered; -- used mostly with in or with, in phrases such as “stores awash with customers”. [ PJC ]

adv. [ AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way. ] 1. From a place; hence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound is going away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Aside; off; in another direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? “Love hath wings, and will away.” Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Away with, bear, abide. [ Obs. or Archaic ] “The calling of assemblies, I can not away with.” (Isa. i. 13), i. e., “I can not bear or endure [ it ].” --
Away with one, signifies, take him away. “Away with him, crucify him.” John xix. 15. --
To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the state of being elsewhere than in particular place. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Turned away; away. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Break + away ] [ Australasia ] 1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An animal that breaks away from a herd. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. an object designed to break off or shatter under impact, as a safety measure. [ PJC ]

4. (Sport) the sudden emergence of one or more players or contestants from a clustered group, rushing toward a goal, as bicyclists in a race, or baketball players after a rebound has been caught. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. carvi (cf. Sp. carvi and al-caravea, al-carahueya, Pg. al-caravia) fr. Ar. karawīā, karwīā fr. Gr. ka`ron; cf. L. careum. ] 1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [ comfits ]. Cogan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caraway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of no value; rejected; useless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. dishes made of china; porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cutaway coat, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Brunei. Population (2000) = 52, 300. [ PJC ]

n. 1. one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America. [ PJC ]

2. (Bot.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Delaware.
Syn. -- Delawarian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl.; sing. Delaware. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Delaware.
Syn. -- Delawarean. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being drawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; -- used of both persons and things. -- n. A flyaway person or thing. “Truth is such a flyaway.” Emerson. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Bot.) The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. Capable of being folded into a more compact form.
Syn. -- folding(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. rapid acceleration. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- pickup. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a rapid escape (as by criminals); as, the thieves made a clean getaway; they made their getaway in a stolen car. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- lam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh.

prop. a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. -- n. A native of Hawaii. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
Syn. -- hideout, den. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an area where one can be alone and undisturbed.
Syn. -- retreat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A mechanical lift. See Elevator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Nabob. ] 1. A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. 1. the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April-June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting US marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans.
Syn. -- Okinawa campaign. [ WordNet 1.5 ]