Awoke

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awake \A*wake"\, 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.
     [=a]w[ae]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, v. i.
     (imp. awacode). See {Awaken}, {Wake}.]
     1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.


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              Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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              And his disciples came to him, and awoke him,
              saying, Lord, save us; we perish.     --Matt. viii.
                                                    25.
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     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.
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              I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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              It way awake my bounty further.       --Shak.
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              No sunny gleam awakes the trees.      --Keble.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awake
       adj 1: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake
              thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
              [syn: {awake(p)}] [ant: {asleep(p)}]
       2: not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the
          patient is now awake and alert" [syn: {alert}, {awake(p)}]
       3: (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally
          perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is
          going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was
          now awake to the reality of his predicament" [syn: {alert},
           {alive(p)}, {awake(p)}]
       v : stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
           [syn: {wake up}, {arouse}, {awaken}, {wake}, {come alive},
            {waken}] [ant: {fall asleep}]
       [also: {awoken}, {awoke}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awoke
       See {awake}