v. t.
To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
v. t.
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
n.
The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
n.
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
n.
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.
n.
The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
a.
Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
v. i.
To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
v. t.
To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
v. t.
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
n.
The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.
n.
The revival of an action.
n.
Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
n.
Time during which one is awake.
n.
The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.