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61arouse — 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 ,… …
62awake — 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.… …
63wake — 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,… …
64awaken — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To arouse another] Syn. awake, rouse, call, wake up; see wake 1 . 2. [To excite] Syn. stir up, stimulate, arouse, animate; see excite 1 , 2 , stir 1 . See Synonym Study at stir . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. wake, rouse …
65awaken — (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;… …
66wake — {{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 …
67Wandrei, Donald [Albert] — (1908–1987) weird poet and short story writer living chiefly in St. Paul, Minn., and correspondent of HPL (1926– 37). Wandrei had been corresponding with Clark Ashton Smith since 1924; in late 1926 Smith asked Wandrei to return some of… …
68wake — I. v. n. 1. Watch, be awake, continue awake. 2. Awake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep, cease from sleep. 3. Revel, carouse, feast, sit up late for festive purposes. 4. Be excited, be roused up, be active. II. v. a. 1. Awaken, waken,… …
69stir — 1. verb 1) stir the mixture well Syn: mix, blend, agitate; beat, whip, whisk, fold in 2) Travis stirred in his sleep Syn: move slightly, change one s position, shift 3) …
70wake — 1. verb 1) at 4:30 am Mark woke up Syn: awake, waken, awaken, rouse oneself, stir, come to, come round, bestir oneself; get up, get out of bed; formal arise Ant: sleep 2) she woke her husband …
