awake

awake
\ \ [OE] Awake was formed by adding the intensive prefix ā- to the verb wake (in Old English wacan or wacian, related to watch, and also ultimately to vegetable, vigil, and vigour).
\ \ The adjective awake arose in the 13th century; it was originally a variant form of the past participle of the verb.
\ \ Cf.VIGIL, WAKE, WATCH

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