Wake

·vt To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

II. Wake ·vt To rouse from sleep; to Awake.

III. Wake ·vi To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

IV. Wake ·noun The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.

V. Wake ·vi To be or to continue awake; to Watch; not to sleep.

VI. Wake ·noun The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

VII. Wake ·vt To put in motion or action; to Arouse; to Excite.

VIII. Wake ·vi To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

IX. Wake ·noun The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.

X. Wake ·noun The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an Army.

XI. Wake ·vi To be excited or roused from sleep; to Awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep;

— often with up.

XII. Wake ·vt To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to Reanimate; to Revive.

XIII. Wake ·noun 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.