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English word awake comes from Old English (ca. 450-1100) wacan (To awake, arise, originate, to be born.), Old English (ca. 450-1100) a-
wacan (Old English)
To awake, arise, originate, to be born.
a- (Old English)
Forming words with the sense from, away, off, out, e.g. āniman.
awacan (Old English)
awaken (Middle English)
awake (English)
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.. (intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.. (transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy. (by extension) Alert, aware.. Not asleep; conscious.