Definition of wake

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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..

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Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
Rewake :: Rewake (v. t. & i.) To wake again.
Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..
Rousing :: Rousing (a.) Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.
Wakened :: Wakened (imp. & p. pr.) of Wake.
Agrypnotic :: Agrypnotic (n.) Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee..
Live :: Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator..
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..
Braid :: Braid (v. i.) To start; to awake.
Respectable :: Respectable (a.) Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen..
Hatred :: Hatred (n.) Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
Waeg :: Waeg (n.) The kittiwake.
Wakening :: Wakening (n.) The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening..
Wide-awake :: Wide-awake (n.) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat..
Sleepwaker :: Sleepwaker (n.) On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Awakener :: Awakener (n.) One who, or that which, awakens..
Wake-robin :: Wake-robin (n.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum)..
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body..
Curious :: Curious (a.) Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
Call :: Call (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
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