Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wake \Wake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waked}or {Woke} (?); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Waking}.] [AS. wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. waka,
   OS. wak?n, D. waken, G. wachen, OHG. wahh?n, Icel. vaka, Sw.
   vaken, Dan. vaage, Goth. wakan, v. i., uswakjan, v. t., Skr.
   v[=a]jay to rouse, to impel. ????. Cf. {Vigil}, {Wait}, v.
   i., {Watch}, v. i.]
   1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

            The father waketh for the daughter.   --Ecclus.
                                                  xlii. 9.

            Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. --Milton.

            I can not think any time, waking or sleeping,
            without being sensible of it.         --Locke.

   2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

            The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
            Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be
      awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.

            He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding
            doxology.                             --G. Eliot.

   4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a
      dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

            Gentle airs due at their hour To fan the earth now
            waked.                                --Milton.

            Then wake, my soul, to high desires.  --Keble.

Woke \Woke\, imp. & p. p.
   {Wake}.

Source : WordNet®

woke
     See {wake}

wake
     n 1: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic
          event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the
          accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {aftermath},
           {backwash}]
     2: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
        [syn: {Wake Island}]
     3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
        "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: {backwash}]
     4: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's
        no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: {viewing}]
     [also: {woken}, {woke}]

wake
     v 1: be awake, be alert, be there [ant: {sleep}]
     2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
        [syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {arouse}, {awaken}, {come alive},
         {waken}] [ant: {fall asleep}]
     3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious
        way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";
        "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the
        world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: {inflame}, {stir
        up}, {ignite}, {heat}, {fire up}]
     4: make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the
        situation"
     5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
        drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
        [syn: {awaken}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}, {arouse}]
        [ant: {cause to sleep}]
     [also: {woken}, {woke}]