wake
1. wake \'wa-k\ \'wa-kt\ \'wo-k\ \'wo--k*n\ vb or waked or woke; or waked;
or wo.ken; or woke or wak.ing [partly fr. ME waken (past wook, pp.
waken), fr. OE wacan)X to awake (past wo-c, pp. wacen) and partly fr. ME
wakien, waked (past & pp. waken), fr. OE wacian to be awake (past wacode,
pp. wacod); akin to OE wccan to watch, L vege-re to rouse, excite 1a:
to be or remain awake 1b: to remain awake on watch esp. over a corpse obs
1c: to stay up late in revelry 2: AWAKE - often used with up 1: to stand
watch over (as a dead body); esp : to hold a wake over 2: to rouse from or
as if from sleep : AWAKE - often used with (Xup - wak.er n
2. wake n 1: the state of being awake 2a1: an annual English parish
festival formerly held in commemoration of th e church's patron saint 2a2:
VIGIL 2b: the festivities orig. connected with the wake of an English
parish chur ch - usu. used in pl. but sing. or pl. in constr. Brit 2c: an
annual holiday or vacation - usu. used in pl. but sing. or pl. in constr.
3: a watch held over the body of a dead person prior to burial and sometime
s accompanied by festivity
3. wake n [of Scand origin; akin to ON vo:k hole in ice; akin to ON vo:kr
d]amp - more at HUMOR : the track left by a moving body (as a ship) in the
water; broadly : a track or path left