Awoke

Awoke
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. [1913 Webster]

Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. --Matt. viii. 25. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

It way awake my bounty further. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

No sunny gleam awakes the trees. --Keble. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • awoke — past tense of AWAKE (Cf. awake) (v.), from O.E. awoc; also see AWAKEN (Cf. awaken). The tendency has been to restrict the strong past tense (awoke) to the original intransitive sense of awake and the weak inflection (awakened) to the transitive,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • awoke — [ə wōk′] vt., vi. pt. of AWAKE …   English World dictionary

  • Awoke — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • awoke —  , awaked, awakened  Two common problems are worth noting:  1. Awoken, though much used, is generally considered not standard. Thus this sentence from an Agatha Christie novel (cited by Partridge) is wrong: I was awoken by that rather flashy young …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • AWOKE — past of AWAKE. * * * past tense of ↑awake, 1 * * * awoke [awoke] [əˈwəʊk] ; [əˈwoʊk] past tense of ↑awake …   Useful english dictionary

  • awoke — [[t]əwo͟ʊk[/t]] Awoke is the past tense of awake …   English dictionary

  • awoke, awaked, awakened —    Two common problems are worth noting:    1. Awoken, though much used, is generally considered not standard. Thus this sentence from an Agatha Christie novel (cited by Partridge) is wrong: I was awoken by that rather flashy young woman. Make it …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • awoke, awaked, awakened —    Two common problems are worth noting:    1. Awoken, though much used, is generally considered not standard. Thus this sentence from an Agatha Christie novel (cited by Partridge) is wrong: I was awoken by that rather flashy young woman. Make it …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • awoke, awaked, awakened —    Two common problems are worth noting:    1. Awoken, though much used, is generally considered not standard. Thus this sentence from an Agatha Christie novel (cited by Partridge) is wrong: I was awoken by that rather flashy young woman. Make it …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • awoke — past and past participle of awake …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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