awake

 
Pronunciation: /əˈweɪk/

verb (past awoke /əˈwəʊk/; past participle awoken /əˈwəʊk(ə)n/)

[no object]
  • stop sleeping; wake from sleep: she awoke to find the streets covered in snow
  • [with object] cause (someone) to wake from sleep: my screams awoke my parents
  • regain consciousness: I awoke none the worse for the operation
  • (awake to) become aware of; come to a realization of: the authorities finally awoke to the extent of the problem
  • make or become active again: [with object]: there were echoes and scents which awoke some memory in me

adjective

[predic.]
  • not asleep: the noise might keep you awake at night
  • (awake to) aware of: too few are awake to the dangers

Origin:

Old English āwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense 'come out of sleep' (see a-2, wake1)