forwake

English

Etymology

From Middle English forwaken, forwakien, equivalent to for- +‎ wake.

Verb

forwake (third-person singular simple present forwakes, present participle forwaking, simple past and past participle forwaked)

(transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
- 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
  He was forwept, he was forwaked.

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