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Awaked

Awake \A*wake"\, v. t. [imp. Awoke, Awaked; p. p. Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. [=a]w[ae]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[=o]c), and [=a]wacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.]

  1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

    Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.
    --Tennyson.

    And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish.
    --Matt. viii. 25.

  2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

    I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.
    --Goldsmith.

    It way awake my bounty further.
    --Shak.

    No sunny gleam awakes the trees.
    --Keble.

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awaked

vb. (context US English) (past participle of awake English)

Usage examples of "awaked".

He then immediately went upstairs, and flinging open the door of the chamber with much violence, awaked poor Jones from a very sound nap, into which he was fallen, and, what was still worse, from a delicious dream concerning Sophia.

However, in my opinion, it was extremely prudent, as well as generous: for, supposing these people had endeavoured to kill me with their spears and arrows, while I was asleep, I should certainly have awaked with the first sense of smart, which might so far have roused my rage and strength, as to have enabled me to break the strings wherewith I was tied.

I slept well, and as I conjectured at least six hours, for I found the day broke in two hours after I awaked.

Be that as it will, I found myself suddenly awaked with a violent pull upon the ring, which was fastened at the top of my box for the conveniency of carriage.

I awaked at the noise he made, and observed him to deliver his message in some disorder.

When I awaked in the morning, and looked round me, I could not help smiling at the idea of the Chief of the M'Leans, the great English moralist, and myself, lying thus extended in such a situation.

Chapter 4 In which is introduced one of the pleasantest barbers that was ever recorded in history, the barber of Bagdad, or he in Don Quixote, not excepted The clock had now struck five when Jones awaked from a nap of seven hours, so much refreshed, and in such perfect health and spirits, that he resolved to get up and dress himself.

So when I learned of the drug which would unlock the gate and drive me through, I resolved to take it when next I awaked.

Then very suddenly it ended, and I knew no more till I awaked upon a bed of convalescence.

Once I partly awaked, probably because the sleeper toward the window had restlessly flung an arm across my chest.

But the noise of the falling of the rock awaked me, as it were, and rousing me from the stupefied condition I was in, filled me with horror, and I thought of nothing then but the hill falling upon my tent and all my household goods, and burying all at once.

How Sir Tristram departed out of the field, and awaked Sir Dinadan, and changed his array into black .

And so Sir Launcelot awaked, and went to a window, and read the letter again, the which made him angry.

And then she coughed so loud that Sir Launcelot awaked, and he knew her hemming.

Then with her noise the knight awaked out of his swoon, and looked up weakly with his eyes.