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Webster 1913 Edition

Bewake

Be-wake′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To keep watch over; to keep awake.
[Obs.]
Gower.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bewake

BEWA'KE

,
Verb.
T.
[be and wake.] To keep awake. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

bewake

bewake

English

Verb

bewake ‎(third-person singular simple present bewakes, present participle bewaking, simple past and past participle bewaked)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
  2. (transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
  3. (transitive) To spend waking; watch through.
  4. (intransitive) To keep awake; watch.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.

Related terms

Dutch

Verb

bewake

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bewaken

Etymology

From Middle English bewaken ‎(“to watch”), from Old English *bewacian ‎(“to watch, observe”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- ‎(“be-”), *wakjaną ‎(“to wake, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- ‎(“to be awake, be fresh or cheerful”), equivalent to be- +‎ wake. Cognate with Dutch bewaken ‎(“to watch over, guard”), German bewachen ‎(“to guard”), Swedish bevaka ‎(“to watch, guard, monitor”). More at be-, wake.

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