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The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any
track; as, the wake of an army. |
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To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep. |
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To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel. |
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To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be
awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up. |
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To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a
dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active. |
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To rouse from sleep; to awake. |
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To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. |
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To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to
reanimate; to revive. |
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To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. |
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The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being
awake. |
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The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or
festive purposes; a vigil. |
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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. |
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The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended
with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish. |