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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Wake
  2. n. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
  3. n. A watch; a watching.
  4. adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness
  5. n. the state of remaining awake
  6. 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake. 2. A watch; a watching. [Obs.] "Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings." Chaucer. In the fourth waking of the night. Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).
  7. n:100 n. the state of remaining awake s. marked by full consciousness or alertness