awake
The definition of awake is you are no longer sleeping.
(adjective)An example of awake is a person who is out of bed and just had his morning coffee.
To awake is defined as changing from a state of sleep to a state of alertness.
(verb)An example of awake is when you open your eyes in the morning after a good night sleep.
See awake in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb awoke or awaked, awaked or awoken, awaking
- to rouse from sleep; wake
- to rouse from inactivity; stir up
- to call forth (memories, fear, etc.)
- to make aware: with to
Origin: a merging of two words: ME awaken < OE awacan (on-, out + wacan, to arise, awake) & ME awakien < OE awacian (on-, out + wacian, to be awake, watch): see wake
intransitive verb
- to come out of sleep; wake
- to become active
- to become aware: with to
adjective
- not asleep
- active or alert; aware
Origin: < obs pp. awaken
See awake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb a·woke (ə-wōkˈ) or a·waked, a·waked or a·wok·en (ə-wōˈkən), a·wak·ing, a·wakes verb, transitive
- To rouse from sleep; waken.
- To stir the interest of; excite.
- To stir up (memories, for example).
- To wake up.
- To become alert.
- To become aware or cognizant: awoke to reality. See Usage Note at wake1.
- Completely conscious; not in a state of sleep.
- Vigilant; watchful. See Synonyms at aware.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English awaken
Origin: , from Old English āwacan
Origin: : ā-, intensive pref.
Origin: + wacan, wake; see wake1
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