awaken able (awaknabl)

[ Though not the safest of guides in politics or practical philosophy, his [Carlyle's] value as an inspirer and awa kener cannot be overestimated. awoke, awaked, ppr. awaking. [In this verb are merged two orig. different but closely related forms: (1) ME. awaken (strong verb; pret.awoke, awok, pp. awaken, awake ), in pret. awōc, pp. awacen, the pres. being supplied by awæcnan with formative -n (whence prop. mod. E. awaken, q. v.), earlier * onwacan (pret, onuoc, pres. onwacnan, etc.), Jacob awaked out of his sleep. Gen. xxviii. 16. 2. To come into being or action as if from sleep. Now with his wakening senses, hunger too Must needs awake . William Morris , Earthly Paradise, II. 178. 3. To bestir or rouse one's self from a state resembling sleep; emerge from a state of inaction; be invigorated with new life; become alive: as, to awake from sloth; to awake to the consciousne of a great lo . Awake , O sword, against my shepherd. Awake to righteousne . Zech. xiii. 7. 1 Cor. xv. 34. And at his word the choral hymns awake . Scott , Don Roderick, st. 32. 4. To be or remain awake; watch. [Obsolete or poetical.] Lowell, Study Windows, p. 149. 1. The act of awakening (a-wak'ning), n. Some minute ere the time IMG:content-1466.png:[blocks in formation] It was a sign of a great awakening of the human mind when theologians thought it both their duty and their privilege to philosophize. Stillé, Stud. Med. Hist., p. 384. Especially-3. A revival of religion, either in an individual or in a community: a use of the word derived from the Scripture symbol of sin as death or sleep, and conversion as resurrection or awakening. The great awakening, the great revival of religion in New England brought about through the preaching of White field in 1740. awakening (a-wak'ning), p. a. Rousing; alarming: as, an awakening sermon. awakeningly (a-wak'ning-li), adv. In a man ner to awaken.