awake

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Long before day I was awake--awake to the double bitterness of jealousy and shame--awake to both mental and physical pain, for the fumes of the vile stuff I had drunk wrecked my brain as though they would burst open my skull.

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  1. transitive verb To rouse from sleep; waken.
  2. transitive verb To stir the interest of; excite.
  3. transitive verb To stir up (memories, for example).
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  • He looked amazingly fresh and wide-awake, and when I entered he jumped up to shake my hand. —  The Historian
  • When Elena was awake, her expression had been so full of vitality and intensity that he had only been conscious of the character behind the face. —  No One to Trust   Iris Johansen
  • I want to know whether I'm awake or if this nightmare is still going on You're awake, my dear Prove it I'm telling you, you're awake I don't believe you Come on, you must be kidding. —  EQMM,February2008
  • Long before day I was awake--awake to the double bitterness of jealousy and shame--awake to both mental and physical pain, for the fumes of the vile stuff I had drunk wrecked my brain as though they would burst open my skull. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
  • Yet these wide-awake, alert Indians heard that sound, and by the rapid firing of the guns drew us to them We shared their hospitality, as they had abundance of game. —  By Canoe and Dog-Train
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alive ·  unable ·  alert ·  willing ·  anxious ·  aware ·  sane ·  sick ·  ashamed ·  watchful ·  refresh ·  uneasy

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awake:   awoke
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English awaken, from Old English āwacan : ā-, intensive pref. + wacan, wake; see wake1.

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  1. In this verb are merged two orig. different but closely related forms: (1) Middle English awaken (strongverb; preterit awoke, awok, past participle awaken, awake), from Anglo-Saxon *āwacan, only in preterit āwōc, past participle āwaeen, the present being supplied by āwæcnan with formative -n (whence properly modern E. awaken, q. v.), earlier *onwacan (preterit onwōc, present onwæcnan, etc.), from ā-, orig. on-, + *wacan, wæcnan, wake; (2) Middle English awaken, awakien (weak verb; preterit awaked, past participle awaked), from Anglo-Saxon āwacian (preterit āwacode, past participle āwacod) (= Old High German arwachen, Middle High German G. erwachen), from ā- + wacian, wake, watch. The above were properly intransitive, the transitive form being Middle English awecchen, from Anglo-Saxon āweccan (= Old Saxon awekkian = Old High German arwecchan, irwecchen, Middle High German G. erwecken), from ā- + weccan, transitive, wake, arouse. The forms vary as those of the simple verb: see a-, a-, and wake.
  2. Formerly also awaken, from Middle English awake, awaken, from Anglo-Saxon āwacen, past participle: see the verb.
 

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