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waked

Variant of wake

intransitive verb woke, waked, waked, woken, waking

  1. to come out of sleep or a state like or suggestive of sleep, as a stupor or trance; awake: often with up
  2. to be or stay awake
  3. to become active or animated after inactivity or dormancy: often with up
  4. to become alert (to a realization, possibility, etc.)
  5. wakedChiefly Dial. to keep watch or vigil; esp., to hold a wake over a corpse

transitive verb

  1. to cause to wake from or as from sleep: often with up
  2. to arouse, excite, or stir up (passions, etc.) or evoke (a sound, echo, etc.)
  3. wakedChiefly Dial. to keep watch or vigil over; esp., to hold a wake over (a corpse)

noun

  1. Now Rare the state of being awake
  2. a watch over or viewing of a corpse before burial, formerly often with festivities
  3. Anglican Ch. an annual parish festival, originally held in honor of a patron saint

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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