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Definition wake

Etymology 1

A merger of two verbs of similar form and meaning:

Verb

wake (third-person singular simple present wakes, present participle waking, simple past woke or waked, past participle woken or waked)

1. (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
2. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
5. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
6. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
7. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
8. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
9. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Noun

wake (plural wakes)

1. (obsolete, poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

Etymology 2

From Old English wacu, from Proto-Germanic *wak?.

Noun

wake (plural wakes)

1. A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
2. (historical, Church of England) 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.
3. A number of vultures assembled together.

Etymology 3

Probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wake, from or akin to Old Norse v?k (“a hole in the ice”) ( > Danish våge, Icelandic vök), from Proto-Germanic *wakw? (“wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg?- (“moist, wet”).

Noun

wake (plural wakes)

1. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
2. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
3. (figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.

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