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Grammar : Verb
Spell : weyk-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪkˌʌp



Definition of wake up

Origin :
  • "state of wakefulness," Old English -wacu (as in nihtwacu "night watch"), related to watch; and partly from Old Norse vaka "vigil, eve before a feast," related to vaka "be awake" (cf. Old High German wahta "watch, vigil," Middle Dutch wachten "to watch, guard;" see wake (v.)). Meaning "a sitting up at night with a corpse" is attested from early 15c. (the verb in this sense is recorded from mid-13c.). The custom largely survived as an Irish activity. Wakeman (c.1200), which survives as a surname, was Middle English for "watchman."
  • As in arise : verb get, stand, or go up
  • As in arouse : verb excite, entice
  • As in awake : verb become alert or cause to rise from sleep
  • As in resuscitate : verb revive
  • As in revive : verb start again; bring back to life
  • As in rouse : verb wake
  • As in rouse : verb stimulate, excite
  • As in stimulate : verb excite, provoke
  • As in turn out : verb get out of bed
  • As in wake/waken : verb stop sleeping
  • As in rise and shine : verb get out of bed
  • As in reanimate : verb revive
  • As in reawaken : verb revive
  • As in resurrect : verb revive
  • As in revitalize : verb revive
  • As in revivify : verb revive
  • As in waken : verb wake
  • As in enliven : verb inspire, vitalize
  • As in excite : verb inspire; upset
Example sentences :
  • But if I show him to you he will wake up, and who knows if he will go to sleep again.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • But sooner or later, boy, this country will wake up to what it has done.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Wake up Dick there, and let him take his turn at the tiller.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
  • At night, when you wake up in the dark, you think they are coming in.
  • Extract from : « W. A. G.'s Tale » by Margaret Turnbull
  • She wondered if God had forgotten to wake up the world—and then she slept.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • I dream about it nights and wake up with my arms around the bedpost.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • If this is a part of your dream, Jonadab, I wish you'd turn over and wake up.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • So far from sleeping, the captain was just beginning to wake up.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • You wake up in the morning, and there it is—bright and clear and shining.
  • Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
  • Wake up and tell me what you mean by sleeping when I told you to work.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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