Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.

  2. (transitive)To spend waking; watch through.

  3. (intransitive)To keep awake; watch.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To watch; keep watch over; guard.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.

Origin

From Middle English bewaken (“to watch”), from Old English bewacian (“to watch, keep watch

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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Forms

bewakes, bewaking, bewaked, bewaked
Base formbewake · to bewake
3rd person singularbewakes
Present participlebewaking
Past simplebewaked
Past participlebewaked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybewake
he, she, itbewakes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbewaked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bewaked
he, she, ithas bewaked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bewake

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbewatch

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bevelbeveragebevybewarebewilderB2bewildermentB2bewitch
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