Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-?
Proto-Germanic *uz-
Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-
Old English ar-
Old English ā-
Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der.
Proto-Germanic *wakaną
Proto-West Germanic *wakan
Old English wacan
Old English āwacan
Middle English awaken
Middle English awake
English awake
From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle of Middle English awaken (“to awaken”). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).
Meanings
(not-comparable, predicative) Not asleep; conscious.
By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben. 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 86:
They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.
And so we see in our own world a revolution of rising expectations. The great challenge facing every individual graduating today is to remain awake through this social revolution. 1965 June, Martin Luther King, Jr., Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution:
The Baker was a two-handed hitter, and seemed perfectly awake to the business before him. 1845, The Sportsman's Magazine of Life in London and the Country, page 355:
‘Sammy,’ whispered Mr. Weller, looking cautiously round; ‘[…] Me and a cab’net-maker has dewised a plan for gettin’ him out. A pianner, Samivel—a pianner!’ […]
‘And wot ‘ud be the good o’ that?’ said Sam.
‘Let him send to my friend, the cabinet-maker, to fetch it back, Sammy,’ replied Mr. Weller. ‘Are you avake, now?’
‘No,’ rejoined Sam.
‘There ain’t no vurks in it,’ whispered his father. ‘It ‘ull hold him easy, vith his hat and shoes on, and breathe through the legs, vich his holler. […] 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-?
Proto-Germanic *uz-
Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-
Old English ar-
Old English ā-
Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der.
Proto-Germanic *wakaną
Proto-West Germanic *wakan
Old English wacan
Old English āwacan
Middle English awaken
English awake
From Middle English awaken and awakien, from Old English āwacan and āwacian. By surface analysis, a- + wake.
Meanings
(intransitive, predicative) To become conscious after having slept.
Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light. 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:
(predicative, transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
Thenne she called the heremyte syre Vlfyn I am a gentylwoman that wold speke with the knyght whiche is with yow / Thenne the good man awaked Galahad / & badde hym aryse and speke with a gentylwoman that semeth hath grete nede of yow / Thenne Galahad wente to her & asked her what she wold 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
[This ant] I ſuffered to lye above an hour in the Spirit; and after I had taken it out, and put its body and legs into a natural poſture, remained moveleſs about an hour; but then , upon a ſudden, as if it had been awaken out of a drunken ſleep, it ſuddenly reviv'd and ran away... 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
(predicative, transitive) To make aware of something.
(predicative, transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
(figuratively, predicative, transitive) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
(figuratively, intransitive, predicative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
1867-1879, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England
The national spirit again awoke.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:34:
(predicative) Used in a phrasal verb: to awake to (“to become awake of something and its possibile effects or results.”).
It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation.
(predicative) Used in a phrasal verb: to awake to (“to be roused from one's sleep, due to a noise or other stimulus.”).
this morning, I awoke to the sound of my neighbor's barking dog.
nb vekke (to excite something latent) · sq zgjohem (to gain consciousness) · es despertar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ca llevar-se (to gain consciousness) · gd dùisg (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · nl ontwaken (to gain consciousness) · de erwachen (to gain consciousness) · he נֵעוֹר (to gain consciousness) · bg събуждам се (to gain consciousness) · ga múscail (to excite something latent) · ur جگنا (to gain consciousness) · sq zgjoj (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · hi जगाना (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · hy արթնացնել (to excite something latent) · vi thức dậy (to gain consciousness) · it svegliarsi (to gain consciousness) · nl wekken (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · he העיר (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · mi whiti (to gain consciousness) · de aufwecken (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · pt acordar (to excite something latent) · ja 目ざめさせる (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · sl zbuditi (to excite something latent) · cmn 醒 (to gain consciousness) · egy nhzj (to gain consciousness) · ar صَحَى (to gain consciousness) · fi herätä (to gain consciousness) · vi thức (to gain consciousness) · vi dậy (to gain consciousness) · de aufwachen (to gain consciousness) · vi gây lên (to excite something latent) · pt acordar (to gain consciousness) · br dihuniñ (to gain consciousness) · pt despertar (to gain consciousness) · hy զարթնեցնել (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ast despertar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ro deștepta (to gain consciousness) · sl zbuditi se (to gain consciousness) · fr se réveiller (to gain consciousness) · fi piristää (to excite something latent) · et ärkama (to gain consciousness) · mr जागवणे (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · el ξυπνώ (to excite something latent) · ga dúisigh (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · it svegliare (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ka გაღვიძება (to excite something latent) · mi oho (to gain consciousness) · da vække (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ml ഉണർത്തുക (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ja 目覚める (to gain consciousness) · pl obudzić się (to gain consciousness) · gl acordar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · pt acordar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · scn ruspigghiari (to gain consciousness) · hy զարթնել (to gain consciousness) · la excito (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · br dihuniñ (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ja 目を覚ます (to gain consciousness) · fi herättää (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · sv väcka (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · gl acordar (to gain consciousness) · id terjaga (to gain consciousness) · vi thức dậy (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ka გაღვიძება (to gain consciousness) · as সাৰ পোৱা (to gain consciousness) · he התעורר (to gain consciousness) · ja 起きる (to gain consciousness) · bn জাগা (to gain consciousness) · da vække (to excite something latent) · mi whakaoho (to excite something latent) · ko 일어나다 (to gain consciousness) · la ēvigilō (to gain consciousness) · io vekigar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · gl recordar (to gain consciousness) · el ξυπνώ (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · mi whakaoho (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · io vekar (to gain consciousness) · nb våkne (to gain consciousness) · ka გამოღვიძება (to gain consciousness) · ast espertar (to gain consciousness) · he עורר (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · fi havahtua (to gain consciousness) · sl zbuditi (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · mi whakaohooho (to excite something latent) · sv vakna (to gain consciousness) · da vågne (to gain consciousness) · gd dùisg (to excite something latent) · ga dúisigh (to gain consciousness) · dlm destruar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · gl espertar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · fi havahduttaa (to excite something latent) · fr éveiller (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ast despertar (to gain consciousness) · vi gợi (to excite something latent) · ka გაღვიძება (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ru возбужда́ть (to excite something latent) · ota ایقاظ ایتمك (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · el αφυπνίζω (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · id membangunkan (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ru пробужда́ться (to gain consciousness) · mi whitirere (to gain consciousness) · vi dậy lên (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · gd dùisg (to gain consciousness) · ast espertar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · vi dậy lên (to gain consciousness) · hu felébreszt (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · el ξυπνώ (to gain consciousness) · eo vekiĝi (to gain consciousness) · ml ഉണർത്തുക (to excite something latent) · hy արթնացնել (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ru разбуди́ть (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · de erwecken (to excite something latent) · pt despertar (to excite something latent) · la expergīscor (to gain consciousness) · ga múscail (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ar أَيْقَظَ (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · as জগোৱা (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · cs vzbudit se (to gain consciousness) · hu felébred (to gain consciousness) · fi herättää (to excite something latent) · ml ഉണരുക (to gain consciousness) · ja 起こす (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · cmn 喚醒 /唤醒 (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · cmn 叫醒 (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ar اِسْتَيَقَظَ (to gain consciousness) · id bangun (to gain consciousness) · gl espertar (to gain consciousness) · uk просипа́тися (to gain consciousness) · vi dậy (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · scn ruspigghiari (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · eo veki (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ru вызыва́ть (to excite something latent) · ru пробужда́ть (to excite something latent) · hu felkelt (to excite something latent) · pt despertar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · mr जागे होणे (to gain consciousness) · ru просыпа́ться (to gain consciousness) · cs probudit se (to gain consciousness) · tr uyandırmak (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · et äratama (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · ru буди́ть (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · bg будя (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · cmn 醒來 /醒来 (to gain consciousness) · ru буди́ть (to excite something latent) · fa بیدار شدن (to gain consciousness) · sv väcka (to excite something latent) · fr réveiller (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · el αφυπνίζω (to gain consciousness) · ml എഴുന്നേൽക്കുക (to gain consciousness) · ga múscail (to gain consciousness) · mi whakaara (to excite something latent) · ru просну́ться (to gain consciousness) · sl vzbuditi (to excite something latent) · ca despertar (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · cs vzbudit (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · hi जागना (to gain consciousness) · ro scula (to gain consciousness) · bg събуждам (to cause someone to stop sleeping) · mi whakaaraara (to excite something latent) · la excito (to excite something latent) · hy արթնանալ (to gain consciousness) · ru пробуди́ться (to gain consciousness) · ro trezi (to gain consciousness) · es despertarse (to gain consciousness) · lb erwächen (to gain consciousness)