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  • 1wake — wake1 [wāk] vi. WOKE or waked, waked or woken, waking, woke [ME wakien < OE wacian, to be awake & wacan, to arise, akin to Ger wachen < IE base * weĝ , to be active > L vegere, to arouse, be active, Sans vāja , strength, speed] 1. to… …

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  • 2wake — wake1 waker, n. /wayk/, v., waked or woke, waked or woken, waking, n. v.i. 1. to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up). 2. to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one s daydreams …

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  • 3wake — I [[t]weɪk[/t]] v. waked woke, waked wok•en, wak•ing, 1) to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up) 2) to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awake: to wake from one s daydreams[/ex] 3) to become cognizant… …

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  • 4wake — I. verb (woke; also waked; woken or waked; also woke; waking) Etymology: partly from Middle English waken (past wook, past participle waken), from Old English wacan to awake (past wōc, past participle wacen); partly from Middle English wakien,… …

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  • 5wake — I n. vigil over a corpse to hold a wake II n. aftermath in the wake (of) (war brings misery in its wake; in the wake of explorers came settlers) III v. 1) (d; intr.) to wake to (they woke to the sounds of music) 2) (d; intr.) (E) (they woke to… …

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  • 6Wake Forest University — Motto Pro humanitate Motto in English For humanity Established February 3, 1834 …

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  • 7Alan Wake — The game s cover features the Alan Wake logo with the protagonist holding a flashlight. Developer(s) Remedy Ent …

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  • 8Battle of Wake Island — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Wake Island caption=A destroyed Japanese patrol boat (#33) on Wake. partof=the Pacific Theater of World War II date=December 8, 1941 – December 23, 1941 place=Wake Island result=Japanese victory… …

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  • 9Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai — The cover for the first light novel volume, featuring the main characters; Kirino Kosaka (left) and Kyosuke Kosaka (right) 俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない …

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  • 102006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team — NCAATeamFootballSeason Year=2006 Team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons Conference=Atlantic Coast Conference Division=(Atlantic) ShortConference=ACC CoachRank=17 APRank=18 Record=11 3 ConfRecord=6 2 HeadCoach=Jim Grobe OffCoach=Steed Lobotzke… …

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