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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wake \wake\, v. i. imp.  p. p. wakedor woke ?; p. pr. 
   vb. n. waking. as. wacan, wacian; akin to ofries. waka,
   os. wak?n, d. waken, g. wachen, ohg. wahh?n, icel. vaka, sw.
   vaken, dan. vaage, goth. wakan, v. i., uswakjan, v. t., skr.
   v=ajay to rouse, to impel. ????. cf. vigil, wait, v.
   i., watch, v. i.
   1913 webster
   1. to be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
      1913 webster

            the father waketh for the daughter.   --ecclus.
                                                  xlii. 9.
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            though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. --milton.
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            i can not think any time, waking or sleeping,
            without being sensible of it.         --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. to sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
      1913 webster

            the king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
            keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be
      awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
      1913 webster

            he infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding
            doxology.                             --g. eliot.
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   4. to be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a
      dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
      1913 webster

            gentle airs due at their hour
            to fan the earth now waked.           --milton.
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            then wake, my soul, to high desires.  --keble.
      1913 webster
see also:
waked woke waking vigil wait watch 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
woke \woke\, imp.  p. p.
   wake.
   1913 webster
see also:
wake 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
woke
     see wake
see also:
wake 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wake
     n 1: the consequences of an event especially a catastrophic
          event; "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the
          accident no one knew how many had been injured" syn: aftermath,
           backwash
     2: an island in the western pacific between guam and hawaii
        syn: wake island
     3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
        "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" syn: backwash
     4: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's
        no weeping at an irish wake" syn: viewing
     v 1: be awake, be alert, be there ant: sleep
     2: stop sleeping; "she woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
        syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive,
         waken ant: fall asleep
     3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "the ostentatious
        way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";
        "the refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the
        world"; "wake old feelings of hatred" syn: inflame, stir
        up, ignite, heat, fire up
     4: make aware of; "his words woke us to terrible facts of the
        situation"
     5: cause to become awake or conscious; "he was roused by the
        drunken men in the street"; "please wake me at 6 am."
        syn: awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
        ant: cause to sleep
     also: woken, woke
see also:
aftermath backwash wake island viewing sleep wake up 
awake arouse awaken come alive waken 
fall asleep inflame stir up ignite heat 
fire up rouse cause to sleep woken woke 


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