| wake | 1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep. "The father waketh for the daughter." (Ecclus. Xlii. 9) "Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps." (Milton) "I can not think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it." (Locke) 2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel. "The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels." (Shak) 3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; often with up. "He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding doxology." (G. Eliot) 4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active. "Gentle airs due at their hour To fan the earth now waked." (Milton) "Then wake, my soul, to high desires." (Keble) Origin: AS. Wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. Waka, OS. Wakn, D. Waken, G. Wachen, OHG. Wahhn, Icel. Vaka, Sw. Vaken, Dan. Vaage, Goth. Wakan, v. I, uswakjan, v. T, Skr. Vajay to rouse, to impel. Cf. Vigil, Wait, Watch. 1. The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake. "Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep." (Shak) "Singing her flatteries to my morning wake." (Dryden) 2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. "The warlike wakes continued all the night, And funeral games played at new returning light." (Dryden) "The wood nymphs, decked with daises trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep." (Milton) 3. <engineering> Specifically: 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. "Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England." (Ld. Berners) "And every village smokes at wakes with lusty cheer." (Drayton) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish. "Blithe as shepherd at a wake." Wake play, the ceremonies and pastimes connected with a wake. See Wake, 3, above. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wake-robin | <botany> Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wakefulness | A state in which the individual is fully aware of his environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Wakefulnesses
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argus-eyed: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" light: (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" waking: marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"
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| wakefulness |
1. a condition of alertness or watchfulness. 2. a state marked by indisposition to sleep; sleeplessness; see also consciousness.
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| wake | a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial |
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| wake | the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward |
| wake | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) |
| wake | stop sleeping |
| wake | cause to become awake or conscious |
| wake | be awake, be alert, be there |
| wake | make aware of |
| wake | arouse or excite feelings and passions |
| wake | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
| wake | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
| wake | stop sleeping |
| wake | cause to become awake or conscious |
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