wake

Main Entry:: ¹wake
Pronunciation:: \ˈwāk\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: woke \ˈwōk\ also waked \wākt\ ; wo·ken \ˈwō-kən\ or waked also woke; wak·ing
Etymology:: partly from Middle English waken (past wook, past participle waken), from Old English wacan to awake (past wōc, past participle wacen); partly from Middle English wakien, waken (past & past participle waked), from Old English wacian to be awake (past wacode, past participle wacod); akin to Old English wæccan to watch, Latin vegēre to enliven
Date:: before 12th century

intransitive verb1 a: to be or remain awake barchaic : to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse cobsolete : to stay up late in revelry2: awake —often used with uptransitive verb1: to stand watch over (as a dead body) ; especially : to hold a wake over2 a: to rouse from or as if from sleep : awake —often used with up b: stir , excite <woke up latent possibilities — Norman Douglas> c: to arouse conscious interest in : alert —usually used with to<woke the public to the risks>

— wak·er noun

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