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v. t.
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
n.
The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
n.
One who wakens.
v. t.
To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
v. t.
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
v. t.
To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
a.
Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
n.
An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
n.
The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
n.
The revival of an action.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Waken
imp. & p. p.
of Wake
v. i.
To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
imp. & p. pr.
of Waken
n.
The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.
n.
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
n.
The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
n.
Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
n.
One who wakes.
n.
Time during which one is awake.
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