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wake2    Audio Help   [weyk] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
2.the path or course of anything that has passed or preceded: The tornado left ruin in its wake.
—Idiom
3.in the wake of,
a.as a result of: An investigation followed in the wake of the scandal.
b.succeeding; following: in the wake of the pioneers.
[Origin: 1540–50; < MLG, D wake, or ON vǫk hole in the ice]
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wake1    Audio Help   [weyk] Pronunciation Key verb, waked or woke, waked or wok·en, wak·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up).
2.to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams.
3.to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation.
4.to be or continue to be awake: Whether I wake or sleep, I think of you.
5.to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.: I will wake until you return.
6.to hold a wake over a corpse.
7.to keep watch or vigil.
–verb (used with object)
8.to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up): Don't wake me for breakfast. Wake me up at six o'clock.
9.to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often fol. by up): The tragedy woke us up to the need for safety precautions.
10.to hold a wake for or over (a dead person).
11.to keep watch or vigil over.
–noun
12.a watching, or a watch kept, esp. for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
13.a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking.
14.a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance.
15.the state of being awake: between sleep and wake.
[Origin: bef. 900; (v.) in sense “to become awake” continuing ME waken, OE *wacan (found only in past tense wōc and the compounds onwacan, āwacan to become awake; see awake (v.)); in sense “to be awake” continuing ME waken, OE wacian (c. OFris wakia, OS wakōn, ON vaka, Goth wakan); in sense “to rouse from sleep” continuing ME waken, r. ME wecchen, OE weccan, prob. altered by assoc. with the other senses and with the k of ON vaka; (n.) ME: state of wakefulness, vigil (late ME: vigil over a dead body), prob. continuing OE *wacu (found only in nihtwacu night-watch); all ult. < Gmc *wak- be lively; akin to watch, vegetable, vigil]

—Related forms
waker, noun

—Synonyms 8. arouse. 9. stimulate, activate, animate, kindle, provoke.
—Antonyms 1. sleep.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  wake
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A watch over the body of a dead person before burial.
Synonyms:  watch
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  wake
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To cease sleeping.
Synonyms:  arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, stir, waken
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  wake
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  aftermath, arise, arouse, awaken, excite, freshen, passage, path, prod, revive, rouse, service, shake, stimulate, stir, track, trail, understand, vigil, watch, wave
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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wake, watch kept over a dead body, usually during the night preceding burial. Ancient peoples in various parts of the world observed the custom. As an ancient ritual, it was rooted in a concern that no person should be buried alive. After it was adopted by Christians and as it is practiced today, the wake serves the primary purpose of allowing friends and relatives of the deceased an opportunity to adjust collectively to the changed conditions. Typically there are traditional songs and laments. Prayers for the deceased and eating and drinking by the assembled mourners are features of the wake. Wakes may vary from part of one night to three nights in length. See funeral customs. 
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