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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Tarrock :: Tarrock (n.) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
Waked :: Waked (imp. & p. p.) of Wak.
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..
Awaken :: Awaken () of Awak.
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..
Abraid :: Abraid (v. t. & i.) To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out..
Ridicule :: Ridicule (v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
Wakening :: Wakening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wake.
Waeg :: Waeg (n.) The kittiwake.
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly..
Awakenment :: Awakenment (n.) An awakening.
Waking :: Waking (n.) The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake..
Agrypnotic :: Agrypnotic (n.) Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee..
Hatred :: Hatred (n.) Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
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..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..
Wake :: Wake (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil..
Dislike :: Dislike (v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
Waken :: Waken (v. t.) To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
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