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   awake

   /əˈweɪk/

   verb

   • 1. stop sleeping; wake from sleep: "she awoke to find the streets covered in snow" Similar wake (up)awakenstircome tocome roundbestir oneselfshow signs of lifereturn to the land of the livingOpposite fall asleep
   • ▪ cause (someone) to wake from sleep: "my screams awoke my parents" Similar wake (up)awakenwakenrousearouseinformal:give someone a shoutknock up
   • ▪ regain consciousness: "I awoke none the worse for the operation"
   • ▪ become aware of; come to a realization of: "the authorities finally awoke to the extent of the problem" Similar realizebecome aware ofbecome conscious ofbecome cognizant ofbecome mindful ofinformal:get wise torare:cognize
   • ▪ make or become active again: "there were echoes and scents which awoke some memory in me"

   adjective

   • 1. not asleep: "the noise might keep you awake at night" Similar wakefulsleeplesswide awakeconscioustossing and turningrestlessrestivearchaic:watchfulrare:insomnolentOpposite asleep
   • ▪ aware of: "too few are awake to the dangers" Similar aware ofconscious ofcognizant ofmindful ofsensible ofalive toalert tosensitive toarchaic:ware ofOpposite unawareignorantoblivious

   Word Origin Old Englishāwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (see a-2, wake1).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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