Wake Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up). | | 2. | to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams. | | 3. | to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation. | | 4. | to be or continue to be awake: Whether I wake or sleep, I think of you. | | 5. | to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.: I will wake until you return. | | 6. | to hold a wake over a corpse. | | 7. | to keep watch or vigil. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up): Don't wake me for breakfast. Wake me up at six o'clock. | | 9. | to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often fol. by up): The tragedy woke us up to the need for safety precautions. | | 10. | to hold a wake for or over (a dead person). | | 11. | to keep watch or vigil over. | –noun | 12. | a watching, or a watch kept, esp.
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for some solemn or ceremonial purpose. | | 13. | a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking. | | 14. | a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance. | | 15. | the state of being awake: between sleep and wake. | |
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