wake

1
often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
Similar
get up stir
2
often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

1
The act of waking, or state of being awake.
Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep.
2
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
The warlike wakes continued all the night, And funeral games played at new returning light.

name

1
A surname.
The testator, in this cause, devised and bequeathed an equal fifth part of his real estate, and of his residuary personal estate, to the plaintiff Mrs. Wake, the wife of the plaintiff Mr. Wake[…]
2
Ellipsis of Wake County.
Mr. Boylan was public-spirited and progressive. He first saw the possibilities, and set the example of raising great quantities of cotton on the uplands of Wake.[...]Governor Swain says of him that he was dignified and grave, and it also is sure that he must have been charitable, for he is responsible for the building of the first county poor-house in Wake.

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