Definition of wake

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Wake (n.) 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..

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Dislike :: Dislike (v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.
Oppugnant :: Oppugnant (a.) Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring.
Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
Enviable :: Enviable (a.) Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
Awaked :: Awaked () of Awak.
Tarrock :: Tarrock (n.) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
Track :: Track (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel..
Curious :: Curious (a.) Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed..
Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Agrypnotic :: Agrypnotic (n.) Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee..
Awakening :: Awakening (n.) The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever..
Wake-robin :: Wake-robin (n.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum)..
Pity :: Pity (v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering..
Unbefool :: Unbefool (v. t.) To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive.
Adaw :: Adaw (v. t. & i.) To awaken; to arouse.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
Woke :: Woke (imp. & p. p.) Wake.
Abraid :: Abraid (v. t. & i.) To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out..
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