Awake
A•wake´, v. t. [ imp. Awoke, Awaked ; p. p. Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. awaecnan, v. i. (imp. awoc), and awacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.]
1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
"Where morning’s earliest ray … awake her." - Tennyson.
"And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish." - Matt. viii. 25.
2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
"I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie." - Goldsmith.
"It way awake my bounty further." - Shak.
"No sunny gleam awakes the trees." - Keble.

Awake
A•wake´, v. i. To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
"The national spirit again awoke." - Freeman.
"Awake to righteousness, and sin not." - 1 Cor. xv. 34.

Awake
A•wake´, a. [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.] Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
"Before whom awake I stood." - Milton.
"She still beheld, Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep." - Keats.
"He was awake to the danger." - Froude.

Awaken
A•wak´en, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Awakened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. awaecnan, awaecnian, v. i.; pref. on- + waecnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
"[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam’st." - Cowper.
"Their consciences are thoroughly awakened." - Tillotson.
Syn. — To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.

Awakening
A•wak´en•ing, a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. — A•wak´en•ing•ly, adv.

Awakening
A•wak´en•ing, n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

Awakenment
A•wak´en•ment, n. An awakening. [R.]

Awanting
A•want´ing, a. [Pref. a. + wanting.] Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton.

Award
A•ward´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Awarding.] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. warten to watch, guard. See Ward.] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
"To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new." - Dryden.

Award
A•ward´, v. i. To determine; to make an award.

Award
A•ward´, n. [Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See Award, v. t.]
1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted."Impatient for the award." Cowper.
"An award had been given against." - Gilpin.
2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. Bouvier.

Aware
A•ware´, a. [OE. iwar, AS. gewaer, fr. waer wary. The pref. ge- orig. meant together, completely. . See Wary.]
1. Watchful; vigilant or on one’s guard against danger or difficulty.
2. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as he was aware of the enemy’s designs.
"Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook." - Cowper.

Away
A•way´, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
1. From a place; hence.
"The sound is going away." - Shak.
"Have me away, for I am sore wounded." - 2 Chron. xxxv. 23.
2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as the master is away from home.
3. Aside; off; in another direction.
"The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun." - Lockyer.
4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
"Be near me when I fade away." - Tennyson.
5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
"And the Lord said … Away, get thee down." - Exod. xix. 24.
6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as sing away. [Colloq.] It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as whither away so fast ? "Love hath wings, and will away." Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as to blaze away. Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." ( Isa. i. 13), i. e., "I can not bear or endure [it]." — Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with him, crucify him." John xix. 15. — To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.

Away-going
A•way´-go´ing (a•wa"go"ing), a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; — said of crops. Wharton.

Awayward
A•way´ward (a•wa"werd), adv. Turned away; away. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Awe (a), n. [OE. a&yogh;e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, oga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. ’a•chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. rad.3. Cf. Ugly.]
1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent]
"His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe." - Cowper.
2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
"There is an awe in mortals’ joy, A deep mysterious fear." - Keble.
"To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe." - Macaulay.
"The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe — the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power." - C. J. Smith.
To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly.
Syn. — See Reverence.

Awe, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Awing.] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
"That same eye whose bend doth awe the world." - Shak.
"His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders." - Macaulay.

Aweary
A•wea´ry, a. [Pref. a. + weary.] Weary. [Poetic] "I begin to be aweary of thee." Shak.

Aweather
A•weath´er, adv. [Pref. a. + weather.] (Naut.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; — opposed to alee; as helm aweather! Totten.

Aweigh
A•weigh´, adv. [Pref. a. + weigh.] (Naut.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; — said of the anchor. Totten.

Aweless
Awe´less, a. See Awless.

Awesomeness
Awe´some•ness, n. The quality of being awesome.

Awe-stricken
Awe´-strick•en, a. Awe- struck.

Awe-struck
Awe´-struck, a. Struck with awe. Milton.

Awful
Aw´ful, a.
1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as an awful scene. "The hour of Nature’s awful throes." Hemans.
2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
"Heaven’s awful Monarch." - Milton.
3. Struck or filled with awe; terror- stricken. [Obs.]
"A weak and awful reverence for antiquity." - I. Watts.
4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.]
"Thrust from the company of awful men." - Shak.
5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; — applied intensively; as an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]
Syn. — See Frightful.

Awfulness
Aw´ful•ness, n.
1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as the awfulness of this sacred place.
"The awfulness of grandeur." - Johnson.
2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.]
"Producing in us reverence and awfulness." - Jer. Taylor.

Awhape
A•whape´, v. t. [Cf. whap blow.] To confound; to terrify; to amaze. [Obs.] Spenser.

Awhile
A•while´, adv. [Adj. a + while time, interval.] For a while; for some time; for a short time.

Awing
A•wing´, adv. [Pref. a. + wing.] On the wing; flying; fluttering. Wallace.

Awk (ak), a. [OE. auk, awk (properly) turned away; (hence) contrary, wrong, from Icel. öfigr, öfugr, afigr, turning the wrong way, fr. a. off, away; cf. OHG. abuh, Skr. apac turned away, fr. apa off, away + a root a. , a&uor;k, to bend, from which come also E. angle, anchor.]
1. Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]
2. Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding.
3. Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Awk, adv. Perversely; in the wrong way. L’Estrange.

Awkly
Awk´ly, adv.
1. In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner. [Obs.] Holland.
2. Awkwardly. [Obs.] Fuller.

Awkward
Awk´ward (ak"weerd), a. [ Awk + -ward.]
1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
"And dropped an awkward courtesy." - Dryden.
2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
"A long and awkward process." - Macaulay.
"An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust." - C. J. Smith.
3. Perverse; adverse; untoward. [Obs.] "Awkward casualties." "Awkward wind." Shak.
"O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel." - Udall.
Syn. — Ungainly; unhandy; clownish; lubberly; gawky; maladroit; bungling; inelegant; ungraceful; unbecoming. — Awkward, Clumsy, Uncouth. Awkward has a special reference to outward deportment. A man is clumsy in his whole person, he is awkward in his gait and the movement of his limbs. Clumsiness is seen at the first view. Awkwardness is discovered only when a person begins to move. Hence the expressions, a clumsy appearance, and an awkward manner. When we speak figuratively of an awkward excuse, we think of a want of ease and grace in making it; when we speak of a clumsy excuse, we think of the whole thing as coarse and stupid. We apply the term uncouth most frequently to that which results from the want of instruction or training; as uncouth manners; uncouth language. — Awk´ward•ly (ak"weerd•ly), adv. — Awk´ward•ness, n.

Awl (al), n. [OE. aul, awel, a. , AS. ael, awel; akin to Icel. alr, OHG. ala, G. ahle, Lith. yla, Skr. ara.] A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler’s awl, shoemaker’s awl, etc.

Awless
Aw´less (a"les), a.
1. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear. "Awless insolence." Dryden.
2. Inspiring no awe. [Obs.] "The awless throne." Shak. [Written also aweless]

Awlessness
Aw´less•ness, n. The quality of being awless.

Awl-shaped
Awl´-shaped (al"shapt•), a.
1. Shaped like an awl.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate. Gray.

Awm (am), n. See Aam.

Awning
Awn´ing, n. [Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or Pers. awan, awang, anything suspended, or LG. havening a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven.]
1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Awninged
Awn´inged, a. Furnished with an awning.

Awnless
Awn´less, a. Without awns or beard.

Awny
Awn´y, a. Having awns; bearded.

Awork
A•work´, adv. [Pref. a. + work.] At work; in action. "Set awork." Shak.

Aworking
A•work´ing, adv. [Pref. a. + working.] At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser. { A•wreak´, A•wreke´ }, v. t. & i. To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.

Awry
A•wry´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + wry.]
1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as to glance awry. "Your crown’s awry." Shak.
"Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry. Into the devious air." - Milton.
2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
"Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved." - Milton.
"Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men." - Milton.

Awsome
Aw´some, a. Same as Awesome. { Ax, Axe }, n. [OE. a. , axe, AS. eax, aex, acas; akin to D. akse, OS. accus, OHG. acchus, G. axt, Icel. öx, öxi, Sw. yxe, Dan. ökse, Goth. aqizi, Gr., L. ascia; not akin to E. acute.] A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter’s ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle. The ancient battle-ax had sometimes a double edge. The word is used adjectively or in combination; as a. head or a. head; a. helve; a. handle; a. shaft; a. -shaped; a. like. This word was originally spelt with e, axe; and so also was nearly every corresponding word of one syllable: as flaxe, taxe, waxe, sixe, mixe, pixe, oxe, fluxe, etc. This superfluous e is not dropped; so that, in more than a hundred words ending in x, no one thinks of retaining the e except in axe. Analogy requires its exclusion here. "The spelling a. is better on every ground, of etymology, phonology, and analogy, than axe, which has of late become prevalent." New English Dict. (Murray).