Woke

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wake \Wake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waked}or {Woke} (?); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Waking}.] [AS. wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. waka,
     OS. wak?n, D. waken, G. wachen, OHG. wahh?n, Icel. vaka, Sw.
     vaken, Dan. vaage, Goth. wakan, v. i., uswakjan, v. t., Skr.
     v[=a]jay to rouse, to impel. ????. Cf. {Vigil}, {Wait}, v.
     i., {Watch}, v. i.]


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     1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
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              The father waketh for the daughter.   --Ecclus.
                                                    xlii. 9.
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              Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. --Milton.
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              I can not think any time, waking or sleeping,
              without being sensible of it.         --Locke.
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     2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
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              The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
              Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be
        awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
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              He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding
              doxology.                             --G. Eliot.
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     4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a
        dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
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              Gentle airs due at their hour
              To fan the earth now waked.           --Milton.
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              Then wake, my soul, to high desires.  --Keble.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Woke \Woke\, imp. & p. p.
     {Wake}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  woke
       See {wake}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wake
       n 1: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic
            event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the
            accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {aftermath},
             {backwash}]
       2: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
          [syn: {Wake Island}]
       3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
          "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: {backwash}]
       4: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's
          no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: {viewing}]
       v 1: be awake, be alert, be there [ant: {sleep}]
       2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
          [syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {arouse}, {awaken}, {come alive},
           {waken}] [ant: {fall asleep}]
       3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious
          way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";
          "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the
          world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: {inflame}, {stir
          up}, {ignite}, {heat}, {fire up}]
       4: make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the
          situation"
       5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
          drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
          [syn: {awaken}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}, {arouse}]
          [ant: {cause to sleep}]
       [also: {woken}, {woke}]