Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-WAK'EN
A-WAK'EN, v.t. [awa'kn.]
This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or intransitive; but more frequently transitive, as awake is more frequently intransitive. Its significations are the same as those of awake.
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