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awake
verb transitive
[The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.]
pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked.
awake
To rouse from asleep. I go that I may awake him out of sleep]ohn 17:17.
awake
To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity or inaction; to put into action, or new life; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
awake
verb intransitive
To cease to sleep; to come from a state of natural sleep. Jacob awaked out of sleep. Genesis 28:16.
awake
To bestir, revive or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life; as, the mind awakes from its stupidity. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd. Zechariah 13:7.
awake
To rouse from spiritual sleep. Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Ephesians 5:14. Awake to righteousness. 7 Corinthians 15:34.