Il verbo irregolare Awake significa svegliare o svegliarsi, destarsi, risvegliarsi; ma anche metaforicamente rendersi conto, aprire gli occhi... Awake è anche un aggettivo: significa sveglio, allerta, vivo...

Ecco la declinazione del verbo Awake:

Ed ecco alcuni aforismi che ne illustrano l'uso:

To awake from death is to die in peace.
Doug Horton

Life is a dream; when we sleep we are awake, and when awake we sleep
(in questo Awake è usato come aggettivo)
Michel de Montaigne

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Bible

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Lord Byron

Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams
Seneca

No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him
William James