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Awake, vb. (impf. and partic. awaked). 1) trans. to rouse from sleep: Tp. II, 1, 318. V, 235. Meas. IV, 2, 159. Merch. V, 110. R3 IV, 1, 85. Hml. I, 1, 152 etc. Metaphorically, to rouse from what resembles sleep, to put to action: “--d an evil nature,” Tp. I, 2, 93. “and his untimely frenzy thus --eth,” Lucr. 1675. “--s the enrolled penalties,” Meas. I, 2, 170. Ado IV, 1, 199. Mids. I, 1, 13. All's I, 2, 38. Tw. III, 2, 20. V, 47. Wint. III, 2, 114. John V, 4, 43. Troil. I, 3, 251. Ant. I, 3, 61. “it is required you do a. your faith,” Wint. V, 3, 95. “we must a. endeavour for defence,” John II, 81. “my master is --d by great occasion to call upon his own,” Tim. II, 2, 21. a. your dangerous lenity, i. e. begin to be severe, Cor. III, 1, 98. “a. God's gentle-sleeping peace,” R3 I, 3, 288, i. e. stir wars and strife. (cf. “to wake our peace,” R2 I, 3, 132; “we will not wake your patience,” Ado V, 1, 102). To awake one to sth.: “--s my heart to heart's and eye's delight,” Sonn. 47, 14.
2) intrans. a) to cease to sleep, to break from sleep: “a., thou Roman dame,” Lucr. 1628. Tp. I, 2, 305. II, 1, 305. II, 1, 305 IV, 232. Wiv. III, 5, 142. Meas. IV, 3, 32. Meas. IV, 3, 32 Mids. II, 2, 82. III, 2, 117. IV, 1, 71. As IV, 3, 133. Shr. I, 1, 183. R2 V, 1, 19. H4B III, 1, 25. H6A I, 1, 78. R3 I, 4, 42. V, 3, 144. Troil. IV, 5, 115 (a. thee == a. thou, not == a. thyself). Rom. IV, 1, 106. V, 3, 258 (Q2 awakening). Ant. IV, 9, 28. “they have --d,” Mcb. II, 2, 10. “be --d,” Mids. III, 2, 1. H4B V, 5, 55.
b) to be awake, to watch, not to sleep: such as you nourish the cause of his --ing (i. e. hinder him from sleeping) Wint. II, 3, 36.
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