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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.
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1. to be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
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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.
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2. to sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
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the king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
--shak.
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3. to be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be
awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
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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.
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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.
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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
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wake
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
woke
see wake
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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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