Definition of wake

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Wake (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil..

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Awakening :: Awakening (a.) Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn..
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awake.
Pity :: Pity (v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering..
Waking :: Waking (n.) The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake..
Awake :: Awake (v. t.) To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties..
Wakener :: Wakener (n.) One who wakens.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever..
Awakened :: Awakened (imp. & p. p.) of Awake.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
Dislike :: Dislike (v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.
Wake-robin :: Wake-robin (n.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum)..
Rousing :: Rousing (a.) Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.
Vigilant :: Vigilant (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary..
Latewake :: Latewake (n.) See Lich wake, under Lich..
Wake :: Wake (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..
Wide-awake :: Wide-awake (n.) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat..
Waken :: Waken (v. t.) To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed..
Somnambulism :: Somnambulism (n.) A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.
Daymare :: Daymare (n.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare..
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