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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awaited; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaiting. ] [ OF. awaitier, agaitier; &unr_; (L. ad) + waitier, gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See Wait. ] 1. To watch for; to look out for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat,
Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Eve, some farther change awaits us night. Milton. [ 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 ]