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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Awakenment :: Awakenment (n.) An awakening.
Wake :: Wake (n.) The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake..
Disentrance :: Disentrance (v. t.) To awaken from a trance or an enchantment.
Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Hatred :: Hatred (n.) Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
Insomnia :: Insomnia (n.) Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body..
Gratitude :: Gratitude (a.) The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.
Wake-robin :: Wake-robin (n.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum)..
Ridicule :: Ridicule (v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
Get :: Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected..
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..
Live :: Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator..
Dislike :: Dislike (v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.
Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
Wide-awake :: Wide-awake (a.) Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert..
Interest :: Interest (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest..
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awake.
Reminder :: Reminder (n.) One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance..
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