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Wake

speaker

Meaning

Verb

●
(often
up) To
sleeping.
●
(often
up) To make somebody
; to
from sleep.
●
To
or
; to
; to excite.
●
To be
or
up; to be
from a
,
, or
state; to be active.
●
To
, or
,
, as a
body.
●
To be or
; not to sleep.
●
To be
; to keep watch
●
In Funeral:
To
for
; to
a
revel.

Noun

●
The
of
, or
awake.
●
The state of
, especially for
or
; a vigil.
●
In Funeral:
A
after a person's
before or after the body is
,
, etc.; in some
by a
through the deceased's personal effects.
●
In Church of England:
A
formerly
in
of the
of a
. Originally,
were said on the
, and
were
during the
, in the
;
, these
were
, and
itself, often with
, was
in
and
,
by
and drinking.
●
A number of
together.
●
In Nautical:
The
a
of the water.
●
The
of water
when an
or a person
through water.
●
In Aviation:
The
a
craft.
●
The area behind something,
a rapidly-moving object.

Name

●
A surname.
●
Short for Wake County.
●
Short for Wake Island.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

wake
English
arrow
wacu
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym

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