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   Wake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waked (?) or Woke (); p. pr. & vb. n. Waking.] [AS. wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. waka, OS. wakn, D. waken, G. wachen, OHG. wahhn, Icel. vaka, Sw. vaken, Dan. vaage, Goth. wakan, v. i., uswakjan, v. t., Skr. vājay 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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