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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"

stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

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"

be awake, be alert, be there

make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"

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"

stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

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"

be awake, be alert, be there

make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"

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 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.

To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; - often with up.

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 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.

To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; - often with up.

To be awake; be roused from sleep; cease to sleep; become alert and active.

To rouse from sleep; to make active; revive.

A vigil; the watching of a dead body prior to burial; a track or trail; as, the wake of a vessel.

Waked or woke.

Waking.

To cease from sleep: to watch (so in B.): to be roused up, active, or vigilant.

To rouse: to revive: to put in action:-pa.t. and pa.p. waked or woke.

Act of waking: feast of the dedication of a church, formerly kept by watching all night: sitting up of persons with a corpse.

The streak of smooth water left in the track of a ship: hence fig., "in the wake of," in the train of: immediately after.

A watching vigil; track of a vessel through the water.

To arouse from sleep; rouse to action.

To cease from sleep; be awake.

To rouse from slumber; awake; arouse; resuscitate.

To be aroused from sleep, etc.

To be set in action.

To keep watch at night.

A watching all night over the body of a dead person.

The track left by a vessel in the water.

n. Act of waking or being awaked; state of forbearing sleep ; vigils ;- hence, specifically, an annual parish festival in commemoration of the dedication of the church ;- the sitting up of persons with a dead body, chiefly among the Irish ;- the track left by a vessel in the water.