Meanings
verbforwake (third-person singular simple present forwakes, present participle forwaking, simple past and past participle forwaked)
present singular third person forwakes · participle present forwaking · participle past forwaked · past forwaked
- obsoletetransitiveTo exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
He was forwept, he was forwaked.
1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis1 more example
And every one to rest himself betakes, Save thieves, and cares, and troubled minds that forwakes.
2020, original 1594, William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors
Origin
- Middle Englishforwaken
- Englishforwake
From Middle English forwaken, forwakien, equivalent to for- + wake.
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forwake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwake
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forwake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwake.
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