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wake

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verb

ˈwāk How to pronounce wake (audio)
woke ˈwōk How to pronounce wake (audio) also waked wākt How to pronounce wake (audio) ; woken ˈwō-kən How to pronounce wake (audio) or waked also woke; waking

intransitive verb

1
a
: to be or remain awake
b
archaic : to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse
c
obsolete : to stay up late in revelry
2
: awake, wake up
They woke early.

transitive verb

1
: to stand watch over (someone or something)
especially : to hold a wake over
2
a
: to rouse from or as if from sleep : awake, wake up
Something woke her in the middle of the night.
b
: stir, excite
an experience that woke old feelings
c
: to arouse conscious interest in : alert
—usually used with to
woke the public to the risks
waker noun

wake

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noun (1)

1
: the state of being awake
2
a(1)
: an annual English parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the church's patron saint
(2)
: vigil sense 3a
b
: the festivities originally connected with the wake of an English parish church
—usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction
c
British : an annual holiday or vacation
—usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction
3
: a watch held over the body of a dead person prior to burial and sometimes accompanied by festivity

wake

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noun (2)

1
: the track left by a moving body (such as a ship) in a fluid (such as water)
broadly : a track or path left
2
: aftermath sense 3
Phrases
in the wake of
1
: close behind and in the same path of travel
missionaries arrived in the wake of conquistadors and soldiers Sabine MacCormack
2
: as a result of : as a consequence of
power vacuums left in the wake of the second world war A. M. Schlesinger born 1917

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb She can never remember her dreams upon waking. my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Word History

Etymology

Verb

partly from Middle English waken (past wook, past participle waken), from Old English wacan to awake (past wōc, past participle wacen); partly from Middle English wakien, waken (past & past participle waked), from Old English wacian to be awake (past wacode, past participle wacod); akin to Old English wæccan to watch, Latin vegēre to enliven

Noun (2)

akin to Middle Low German wake wake, Norwegian dialect vok, Old Norse vǫk hole in ice

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Noun (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wake was before the 12th century

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