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awake
- 1) verb, to emerge or rouse from sleep; wake
- 2) verb, to become or cause to become alert
- 3) verb, to become or make aware (of)
- 4) verb, Also: awaken to arouse (feelings, etc) or cause to remember (memories, etc)
- 5) adjective, not sleeping
- 6) adjective, lively or alert
Etymology
Old English awacian, awacan; see wake1
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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