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Definition of Wake
Wake

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.

To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

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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Wake Quotations

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.
Thomas E. Lawrence

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
Bob Marley

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery

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

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
Kurt Vonnegut

Wake Translations

wake in Dutch is wekken, wakker maken, opwekken
wake in German is wach, aufwecken, wachen
wake in Italian is destare
wake in Latin is excito
wake in Spanish is despertar, estela
wake in Swedish is vakna


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