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bewake.

To watch; keep watch over; guard.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To watch; keep watch over; guard.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.

    transitive
  3. To spend waking; watch through.

    transitive
  4. To keep awake; watch.

    intransitive
  5. To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bewaken (“to watch”), from Old English bewacian (“to watch, keep watch over”), equivalent to be- + wake. Cognate with Dutch bewaken, German bewachen, Swedish bevaka, Danish bevåge.

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