Wakefulness

2 definitions found

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

  Wakeful \Wake"ful\, a.
     Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright.
                                                    --Dryden.


     [1913 Webster] -- {Wake"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Wake"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wakefulness
       n 1: a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of
            the world
       2: a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to
          sleep [syn: {sleeplessness}] [ant: {sleepiness}]