wake

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1. wake - Noun

2. wake - Verb

3. Wake - Proper noun

Meaning

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.

To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

To rouse from sleep; to awake.

To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.

The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.

The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

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.

The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.

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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake. Quintilian

If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize. Muhammad Ali

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. Frank Sinatra

Go and wake up your luck. Persian Proverb

Wake not a sleeping dog. Dutch Proverb

Don't wake up trouble while it sleeps quietly. Russian Proverb

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