Dictionary entry

Awake (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

A‐wake″, a. [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.] Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

Before whom awake I stood.

Milton.

She still beheld,

Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep.

Keats.

He was awake to the danger.

Froude.