·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.