waken to activity

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• waken — [wā′kən] vi. [ME waknen < OE wacnian, wæcnan, to become awake, akin to ON vakna, to waken: for IE base see WAKE1] 1. to become awake; come to one s senses after sleep or a state like sleep 2. to become active, animated, or alive after… …   English World dictionary

• stir — vb Stir, rouse, arouse, awaken, waken, rally can all mean to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity. Stir, often followed by up, usually presupposes excitement to activity by something which disturbs or agitates and so brings to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• stir — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. move, budge, circulate; agitate, incite, arouse; animate, stimulate, provoke. See agitation, motion, excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. agitation, tumult, bustle; see excitement . v. 1. [To… …   English dictionary for students

• wake — {{11}}wake (n.1) track left by a moving ship, 1540s, perhaps from M.L.G. or M.Du. wake hole in the ice, from O.N. vok, vaka hole in the ice, from P.Gmc. *wakwo. The sense perhaps evolved via track made by a vessel through ice. Perhaps the English …   Etymology dictionary

• Will — • This article discusses will in its psychological aspect Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Will     Will     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• stir — stir1 [stʉr] vt. stirred, stirring [ME stirien < OE styrian: see STORM] 1. to move, shake, agitate, etc., esp. slightly 2. to change the position of slightly; displace [to stir a log] 3. to rouse from sleep, lethargy, indifference, etc …   English World dictionary

• arouse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rouse, awaken; stir, excite, stimulate, whet. See excitement, activity. Ant., calm, put to sleep. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. move, stir, stir up, incite, stimulate; see also animate 1 , excite 1 , 2 ,… …   English dictionary for students

• awake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. alert, heedful, observant, attentive; keen, knowing; informed, astute, watchful, on guard, unsleeping, vigilant. See care, knowledge, attention. v. awaken, knock up (sl.). See activity, excitement.… …   English dictionary for students

• wake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. path, track, trail, swath; vigil, watch. See rear, interment, passage. v. [a]rouse, awake[n]; stir, excite, animate. See activity, excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A track] Syn. furrow, wash,… …   English dictionary for students

• awaken — (v.) O.E. awæcnan (intrans.), to spring into being, arise, originate, also, less often, to wake up; earlier onwæcnan, from A (Cf. a ) (1) on + wæcnan (see WAKEN (Cf. waken)). Transitive meaning to rouse from sleep is recorded from 1510s;… …   Etymology dictionary

• stir — [n] commotion, excitement activity, ado, agitation, backwash*, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap*, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl,… …   New thesaurus