awake

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 ]

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 ]