Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To exhaust with waking; tire out with long watching.

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  • verb transitive, obsolete To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.

Etymologies

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

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