Definition of Awakes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of awake) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Awakes

1. awake [v] - See also: awake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Awakes

awaked
awakedness
awaken
awakened
awakenedness
awakener
awakeners
awakeness
awakenest
awakeneth
awakening
awakenings
awakenment
awakenments
awakens
awakes (current term)
awakest
awaketh
awaking
awakings
awamori
awanting
award
award-ceremony
award-winning
award ceremony
awardable
awarded
awardee
awardees

Literary usage of Awakes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1895)
"FP Stanton of Kansas, who was escorted by the " Wide awakes." By March 24th we had 300 members who were organized into two companies, the First company ..."

2. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1874)
"THE "Wide-awakes" constituted a new and powerful agency in the machinery of American politics. They were companies of active voters in uniform of cap and ..."

3. Iliad by Homer, W. G. Caldcleugh (1870)
"JOVE awakes FEOM SLEEP. ARGUMENT. Jove chides Juno for her deceit, and sends Iris to bid Neptune cease from the fight.—Apollo arouses Hector, and puts the ..."

4. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1895)
"This is in no sense a political article, and is written by request, in order to show just how, and where, the Wide awakes originated. with a brief history ..."

5. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... No mob-alarm awakes my female fear, No praise my mind, nor envy hurts my ear, Ev'n fame itself can hardly reach me here ; Impertinence, ..."

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