Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wakefulness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wakeful \Wake"ful\, a.
Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright.
--Dryden.
-- {Wake"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Wake"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wakefulness
n 1: a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of
the world
2: a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to
sleep [syn: {sleeplessness}] [ant: {sleepiness}]
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