WAKE

I. verb (woke; also ~d; woken or ~d; also woke; waking) Etymology: partly from Middle English ~n (past wook, past participle ~n), from Old English wacan to a~ (past wōc, past participle wacen); partly from Middle English wakien, ~n (past & past participle ~d), from Old English wacian to be a~ (past wacode, past participle wacod); akin to Old English wæccan to watch, Latin vegēre to enliven Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to be or remain a~, to remain a~ on watch especially over a corpse, to stay up late in revelry, a~ , transitive verb to stand watch over (as a dead body), 2. to rouse from or as if from sleep ; a~ , stir , excite , to arouse conscious interest in ; alert , ~r noun II. noun Date: 13th century the state of being a~, 2. a. an annual English parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the church's patron saint, vigil 1a, the festivities originally connected with the ~ of an English parish church, an annual holiday or vacation, a watch held over the body of a dead person prior to burial and sometimes accompanied by festivity, III. noun Etymology: akin to Middle Low German ~ ~, Norwegian dialect vok, Old Norse vǫk hole in ice Date: 1627 the track left by a moving body (as a ship) in a fluid (as water), aftermath 3