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   wake

   /weɪk/

   verb

   • 1. emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping: "she woke up feeling better" Similar awakeawakenwaken (up)rousestircome tocome aroundget upget out of bedbestir oneselfget goingcome aliveshow signs of lifeliterary:arisewakenrousearousebring tobring aroundinformal:knock upOpposite sleepfall asleep
   • ▪ become alert to or aware of: "he needs to wake up to reality" Similar realizebecome aware ofbecome conscious ofbecome mindful ofbecome heedful ofbecome alert to
   • ▪ cause to stir or come to life: "his voice wakes desire in others" Similar evokecall upconjure uprousestirreviveawakenrefreshrenewresuscitaterevivifyrekindlereigniterejuvenatestimulate
   • 2. hold a vigil beside (someone who has died): dialect Irish, North American "we waked Jim last night"

   noun

   • 1. a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances: "he was attending a friend's wake"
   • ▪ (especially in Ireland) a party held after a funeral.
   • 2. an annual festival and holiday held in some parts of northern England, originally one held in a rural parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the church: "his workers absented themselves for the local wakes"

   Word Origin Old English (recorded only in the past tense wōc), also partly from the weak verb wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waken and German wachen; compare with watch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. waker noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • A

     1

   • K

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   • E

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