Tài liệu Essential guide to writing part 23 pdf

wake1

(wak) v. woke (wok) or rare waked (wakt), waked or

chiefly British & regional woke or woken (wd'kgn), wak￾ing, wakes—intr. 1. a. To cease to sleep; become awake;

awaken. Often used with up. b. To be brought into a state

of awareness or alertness. 2. Regional. To keep watch or

guard, especially over a corpse. 3. To be or remain

awake.—tr. 1. To rouse from sleep; awaken. Often used

with up. 2. To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condi￾tion; rouse: wake old animosities. 3. To make aware of; to

alert. Often used with to: It waked him to the facts. 4.

Regional, a. To keep a vigil over, b. To hold a wake

over.—n. 1. a. A watch; vigil, b. A watch over the body

of a deceased person before burial, sometimes accompa￾nied by festivity. 2. British. A parish festival held annual￾ly, often in honor of the patron saint. 3. The condition of

being awake: between wake and asleep. [Middle English

wakien and waken, Old English wacian, to be awake and

wacan (unattested), to rouse. See weg-2

in Appendix.*]

For more material and information, please visit www.tailieuduhoc.org