wake

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[[t]weɪk[/t]]

v. waked woke, waked wok•en, wak•ing,

1) to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up)

2) to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awake:

to wake from one's daydreams[/ex]

3) to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken:

to wake to the situation[/ex]

4) to be or continue to be awake

5) to hold a wake over a corpse

6) to keep watch or vigil

7) to rouse from sleep; awaken (often fol. by up)

8) to rouse from lethargy, apathy, etc. (often fol. by up):

It woke us up to the need for conservation[/ex]

9) to hold a wake for

10) to keep watch or vigil over

11) a watch kept, esp. for some solemn purpose

12) a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial

13) a local annual festival in England, formerly to honor the patron saint

14) the state of being awake:

between sleep and wake[/ex]

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME: to be awake, OE wacian, c. OFris wakia, OS wakōn, ON vaka, Go wakan; cf. awake II

wake

[[t]weɪk[/t]] n.

1) navig. the track of waves left by a ship or boat moving through the water

2) the path or course of anything that has passed or preceded:

The tornado left ruin in its wake[/ex]

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Etymology: 1540–50; < MLG, D wake, or ON vǫk hole in the ice