Wake (?), n. [Originally, an open space of water s&unr_;rrounded by ice, and then, the passage cut through ice for a vessel, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vök a hole, opening in ice, Sw. vak, Dan. vaage, perhaps akin to E. humid.] The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
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This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions. De Quincey.
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Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels. Thackeray.
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Wake (?), v. t. 1. To rouse from sleep; to awake.
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The angel . . . came again and waked me. Zech. iv. 1.
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2. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. “I shall waken all this company.” Chaucer.
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Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton.
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Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm. J. R. Green.
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3. To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
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To second life
Waked in the renovation of the just. Milton.
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4. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
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