become awake

  • 21waken — [wā′kən] vi. [ME waknen < OE wacnian, wæcnan, to become awake, akin to ON vakna, to waken: for IE base see WAKE1] 1. to become awake; come to one s senses after sleep or a state like sleep 2. to become active, animated, or alive after… …

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  • 22wake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. path, track, trail, swath; vigil, watch. See rear, interment, passage. v. [a]rouse, awake[n]; stir, excite, animate. See activity, excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A track] Syn. furrow, wash,… …

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  • 23awaken — verb a) To cause to become awake. b) To cause to become conscious. Syn: awake, stir Ant: fall asleep …

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  • 24waken — wakener, n. /way keuhn/, v.t. 1. to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken. 2. to rouse from inactivity; stir up or excite; arouse; awaken: to waken the reader s interest. v.i. 3. to wake, or become awake; awaken. [bef. 900; ME waknen, OE waecnan; …

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  • 25waken — /ˈweɪkən/ (say waykuhn) verb (t) 1. to rouse from sleep; awake. 2. to rouse from inactivity; stir up or excite; arouse. –verb (i) 3. to wake, or become awake; awaken: *She wakened early and went with her breakfast tray and the morning paper to… …

  • 26Information — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Information >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 information information enlightenment acquaintance knowledge &c. 490 Sgm: N 1 publicity publicity &c. 531 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 communication communication …

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  • 27rewake — verb ( waked or rewoke; waked or rewoken or woke; waking) Date: 1593 transitive verb to waken again or anew intransitive verb to become awake again …

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  • 28Zartosht Bahram e Pazhdo — was a significant Persian Zoroastrian poet and the son of Bahram e Pazhdo. He was born in the early or mid 13th century. Life and place of Birth Zartosht was born somewhere during the Khwarzmian Shah era and witnessed the Mongol invasion of Pers …

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  • 29waken — (v.) to become awake, O.E. wæcnan, wæcnian to rise, spring, from the same source as WAKE (Cf. wake) (v.). Figurative sense was in O.E. Transitive sense of to arouse (someone or something) from sleep is recorded from c.1200. Related: Wakened;… …

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  • 30to — 1 before vowels,; strong /tu:/ 1 (used before a verb to show that it is the infinitive, but not before can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, or ought transitivehe following senses show the patterns in which to is used.) 2 used …

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