bewake.
To watch; keep watch over; guard.
Meaning & usage
To watch; keep watch over; guard.
To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
To spend waking; watch through.
To keep awake; watch.
To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.
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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