to waken from sleep

  • 31awaken — I. v. a. 1. Awake, wake, rouse from sleep. 2. Arouse, excite, kindle, spur, incite, stimulate, provoke, stir up. II. v. n. 1. Wake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep. 2. Begin, become active, be aroused, be excited, return to life, come to …

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  • 32waft — (v.) 1510s, to carry over water, back formation from obsolete wafter convoy ship (late 15c.), from M.Du. or M.L.G. wachter a guard, from wachten to guard, related to waken rouse from sleep (see WAKE (Cf. wake) (1)). The meaning pass through air… …

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  • 33call — /kawl/, v.t. 1. to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home. 2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness. 3. to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to… …

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  • 34call — [[t]kɔl[/t]] v. t. 1) to cry out in a loud voice: to call someone s name[/ex] 2) to summon or invite to come: to call a witness; to call the family to dinner[/ex] 3) to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone 4) to rouse from sleep,… …

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  • 35Calcific tendinitis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|M|65|2|m|65 ICD9 = ICD9|727.82 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Calcific Tendinitis (also calcific/calcifying/calcified/calcareous… …

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  • 36awake — awakeable, adj. /euh wayk /, v., awoke or awaked, awoke or awaked or awoken, awaking, adj. v.t., v.i. 1. to wake up; rouse from sleep: I awoke at six with a feeling of dread. 2. to rouse to action; become active: His flagging interest awoke. 3.… …

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  • 37будить — БУДИТЬ, несов. (сов. разбудить), кого. Заставлять (заставить) кого л. проснуться, прерывая, нарушая чей л. сон прикосновением, громким звуком, голосом и т.п.; Син.: поднимать, пробуждать, Разг. расталкивать; Ант.: усыплять [impf. to wake, rouse… …

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  • 38stir — vb Stir, rouse, arouse, awaken, waken, rally can all mean to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity. Stir, often followed by up, usually presupposes excitement to activity by something which disturbs or agitates and so brings to… …

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  • 39awake — awake, awaken, wake, waken 1. forms. Although the history of these words, and in particular of the various forms of past tense and past participle, is highly complex (see the OED entry), in current use awake and wake can be paired as strong verbs …

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  • 40awaken — awake, awaken, wake, waken 1. forms. Although the history of these words, and in particular of the various forms of past tense and past participle, is highly complex (see the OED entry), in current use awake and wake can be paired as strong verbs …

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