vt to watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
2. wake ·vt to rouse from sleep; to awake.
3. wake ·vi to sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
4. wake ·noun the act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
5. wake ·vi to be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
6. wake ·noun the state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
7. wake ·vt to put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
8. wake ·vi to be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
9. wake ·noun the sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the irish.
10. wake ·noun the track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
11. wake ·vi to be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep;
often with up.
12. wake ·vt to bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
13. wake ·noun 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.