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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Braid :: Braid (v. i.) To start; to awake.
Waked :: Waked (imp. & p. p.) of Wak.
Bang :: Bang (v. i.) To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano..
Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
Wide-awake :: Wide-awake (n.) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat..
Awake :: Awake (a.) Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
Lethargy :: Lethargy (n.) Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked..
Awakenment :: Awakenment (n.) An awakening.
Kittiwake :: Kittiwake (n.) A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes..
Curious :: Curious (a.) Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
Provoking :: Provoking (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment..
Awakened :: Awakened (imp. & p. p.) of Awake.
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 (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army..
Wakener :: Wakener (n.) One who wakens.
Enviable :: Enviable (a.) Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
Insomnia :: Insomnia (n.) Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
Reminder :: Reminder (n.) One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance..
Sleepless :: Sleepless (a.) Having no sleep; wakeful.
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