Emily Dickinson Lexicon

awake, adj. [see wake, v.] (webplay: arise, bestir, dead, life, light, rise, sleep).

1. Fully conscious; totally aware; not dreaming; [fig.] fixed in a permanent state; not in a temporary state.
2. Living; physically functioning.
3. Sentient; moveable; able to feel; capable of movement; subject to sensation.
4. Active; stimulated; in motion.
5. Not sleeping; [fig.] vigilant.
6. Resurrected; renewed; revived from death.