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To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.

To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.

ove of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice. Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. Milton. Echo organ (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. -- Echo stop (Mus.), a…

Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.

Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay. -- En"vi*a*ble*ness, n. -- En"vi*a*bly, adv.

A waking up or awakening. [Obs.]

The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. Bacon.

Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning. [Slang] Dickens.

jective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected. To get rid of fools and scoundrels. Pope. His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast. Coleridge.

The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness. The debt immense of endless gratitude. Milton.

Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

Noise; confusion; uproar. That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak.

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. Dryden. A goddess who used to interest he…

A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt. To give them by turns an invisible jog. Swift.

Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." Burke.

Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.

Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.

A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir. Seasonable mementos may be useful. Bacon.

Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. "Oppugnant forces." I. Taylor. -- n.