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. āwæcnan, v. i. (imp. awōc), and āwacian, 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.