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wake

[weyk] / weɪk /
NOUN
formal observance of a body before funeral
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NOUN
trail behind something
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Virginia forward Mamadi Diakite clapped his hands and yelled, “Wake up! Wake! Up!”

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2018

Was there not, they asked, an old fraternity song which told about Freshmen who trembling on their couches lie: Wake! wake!

From Time Magazine Archive

Young Robert Shaw gives Bach's powerful Sleepers, Wake! careful and loving treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ho! brave hearts, for Britain's honour, For the lustre of her crown, Wake! arise! maintain her glory And renown, and renown!

From The Coo-ee Reciter by Various

With the spirit of your fathers, With the fulness of their fame, Wake! arise! maintain the honour Of her name, of her name!

From The Coo-ee Reciter by Various




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