wake
Senso
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- (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
- To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
- (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/weɪk/
Etimologia
A merger of two verbs of similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.
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