All 32 Uses of

conscious
in
Dracula

Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.
p. 20.9

conscious = aware

I was conscious of the presence of the Count, and of his being as if lapped in a storm of fury.
p. 46.1

Then the horror overcame me, and I sank down unconscious.
p. 47.9

unconscious = into a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.

I thought he might have the keys on him, but when I went to search I saw the dead eyes, and in them dead though they were, such a look of hate, though unconscious of me or my presence, that I fled from the place, and leaving the Count's room by the window, crawled again up the castle wall.
p. 56.8

unconscious = unaware

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.

It will be a whole idea soon, and then, oh, unconscious cerebration, you will have to give the wall to your conscious brother.
p. 78.5

unconscious = mental activity of which one is unaware

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconscious, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

It will be a whole idea soon, and then, oh, unconscious cerebration, you will have to give the wall to your conscious brother.
p. 78.6

conscious = mental activity of which one is aware

I was conscious of the Professor's hand on my head, and started awake all in a second.
p. 137.5

conscious = aware

Lucy chatted with me freely, and seemed quite unconscious that anything had happened.
p. 139.6 *

unconscious = unaware

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.

The time did not seem long, but very, very awful, till I recovered consciousness again.
p. 154.7

consciousness = wakefulness

Presently we both began to be conscious that the heat was beginning to be of some effect.
p. 159.1

conscious = aware

She was still unconscious, and was quite as bad as, if not worse than, we had ever seen her.
p. 159.4

unconscious = asleep

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.

There did not seem to be with her now the unconscious struggle for life and strength that had hitherto so marked her illness.
p. 170.6 *

unconscious = instinctive (without thought or intent)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconscious, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

It struck me as curious that the moment she became conscious she pressed the garlic flowers close to her.
p. 170.7 *

conscious = awake

It will be much difference, mark me, whether she dies conscious or in her sleep.
p. 171.3

In a sort of sleep-waking, vague, unconscious way she opened her eyes, which were now dull and hard at once, and said in a soft, voluptuous voice, such as I had never heard from her lips, "Arthur! Oh, my love, I am so glad you have come! Kiss me!"
p. 172.1

unconscious = without thought or planning

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconscious, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

The Professor took the key, opened the creaky door, and standing back, politely, but quite unconsciously, motioned me to precede him.
p. 209.8

unconsciously = instinctively (without thought or planning)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

Even while he was speaking an idea dawned upon him, and he said with unconscious simplicity, in a different voice, and with the naivete of a child, "that's quite true, upon my honour."
p. 235.8

unconscious = unaware

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.

For a moment, I thought, and as my eyes ranged the room, unconsciously looking for something or some opportunity to aid me, they lit on a great batch of typewriting on the table.
p. 236.2

unconsciously = instinctively (without thought or planning)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

If this new phase was spontaneous, or in any way due to her unconscious influence, she must have some rare gift or power.
p. 249.2 *

unconscious = unintentional

When we met in Dr. Seward's study two hours after dinner, which had been at six o'clock, we unconsciously formed a sort of board or committee.
p. 251.8

unconsciously = without thought or planning

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

Unconsciously we had all moved towards the door, and as we moved I noticed that the dust had been much disturbed.
p. 268.9

unconsciously = instinctively (without thought or planning)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

The last conscious effort which imagination made was to show me a livid white face bending over me out of the mist.
p. 276.3

conscious = while awake

The effort succeeded, for an instant he unconsciously relapsed into his old servile manner, bent low before me, and actually fawned upon me as he replied.
p. 287.3

unconsciously = instinctively (without thought or planning)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

Unconscious cerebration was doing its work, even with the lunatic.
p. 288.2

unconscious = mental activity of which one is unaware

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconscious, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

We must be alone with him when he becomes conscious, after the operation.
p. 294.5

conscious = awake

I told him briefly, and added that we expected he would recover consciousness after the operation, for a short time, at all events.
p. 295.3

consciousness = wakefulness

It seemed, however, that his poor injured brain had been working in the interval, for when he was quite conscious, he looked at me piercingly with an agonized confusion which I shall never forget, and said, "I must not deceive myself."
p. 296.8

conscious = awake

Van Helsing nodded to him as he whispered to me unconsciously, "The Acherontia Atropos of the Sphinges, what you call the 'Death's-head Moth'?"
p. 297.9

unconsciously = instinctively (without thought or intent)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

But at the instant I heard Harker's quick exclamation as he woke to partial consciousness, and turned to the bed.
p. 302.1

consciousness = wakefulness

He seemed dazed for a few seconds, and then full consciousness seemed to burst upon him all at once, and he started up.
p. 302.1

Of that sweet, sweet, good, good woman in all the radiant beauty of her youth and animation, with the red scar on her forehead, of which she was conscious, and which we saw with grinding of our teeth, remembering whence and how it came.
p. 328.6

conscious = aware

His finger and thumb closed on her pulse, as I thought instinctively and unconsciously, as she spoke. ...
p. 363.4

unconsciously = instinctively (without intent or planning)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.

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Definitions:

(1) (conscious as in: conscious after the operation)
awake (not asleep or in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything)
(2) (conscious as in: a conscious effort to lose weight)
intentional (done on purpose) -- perhaps with significant effort
(3) (conscious as in: environmentally conscious)
aware or concerned about something
(4) (conscious as in: the conscious mind)
mental activity of which one is self-aware
(5) (conscious as in: conscious life on other planets)
capable of thought, self-reflection, and will

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