- wake
- wakewake1 [wāk]vi.WOKE or waked, waked or woken, waking, woke [ME wakien < OE wacian, to be awake & wacan, to arise, akin to Ger wachen < IE base * weĝ-, to be active > L vegere, to arouse, be active, Sans vāja-, strength, speed]1. to come out of sleep or a state like or suggestive of sleep, as a stupor or trance; awake: often with up2. to be or stay awake3. to become active or animated after inactivity or dormancy: often with up4. to become alert (to a realization, possibility, etc.)5. pt. & pp.waked Chiefly Dial. to keep watch or vigil; esp., to hold a wake over a corpsevt.1. to cause to wake from or as from sleep: often with up2. to arouse, excite, or stir up (passions, etc.) or evoke (a sound, echo, etc.)3. pt. & pp.waked Chiefly Dial. to keep watch or vigil over; esp., to hold a wake over (a corpse)n.1. Now Rare the state of being awake2. a watch over or viewing of a corpse before burial, formerly often with festivities3. Anglican Ch. an annual parish festival, originally held in honor of a patron saintwake2 [wāk]n.[prob. via LowG < ON vök, hole, opening in the ice: for IE base see HUMOR]1. the track or trail left in the water by a moving ship or boat2. the track or course of anything that has gone before or passed by——————in the wake of1. following directly or close behind2. following as a consequence
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.