Wake, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Waked (?) or Woke (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Waking.] [AS. wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. waka, OS. wak�n, D. waken, G. wachen, OHG. wahh�n, 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.]
1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
The father waketh for the daughter. Ecclus. xlii. 9.
Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. Milton.
I can not think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. Locke.
2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. Shak.
3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; — often with up.
He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding doxology. G. Eliot.
4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
Gentle airs due at their hour
To fan the earth now waked. Milton.
Then wake, my soul, to high desires. Keble.