bewake
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
- (transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
- (transitive) To spend waking; watch through.
- (intransitive) To keep awake; watch.
- (transitive) To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bewaken (watch) inherited from Old English bewacian (keep watch over, watch) prefix from English wake.
Origin
English
wake
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forwake English
- moonwake English
- rewake English
- wacken English
- wake English
- wakeable English
- wakeathon English
- wakeboard English
- wakefield English
- wakeful English
- wakeless English
- wakelet English
- waker English
- wakerobin English
- wakeskate English
- wakeskater English
- wakeskating English
- wakesome English
- wakest English
- waketh English
- waketime English
- wakey English
- bewachen German
- wachen German
- wecken German
- bewaken Dutch, Flemish
- bewaker Dutch, Flemish
- bewaking Dutch, Flemish
- waken Dutch, Flemish
- bevaka Swedish
- bevakning Swedish
- vaka Swedish
- bewacian Old English
- wacian Old English
- bewaken Middle English
- waken Middle English
- bevaka Old Swedish