the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > wake or rouse [verb (transitive)] > keep (a person or one's eyes) awake) (2)
to†holdor keep waking; earlier, †to hold waken: To prevent from sleeping; to keep watchful or on the alert. †Formerly: To keep (a person, esp. an…
intransitive. To be or remain awake; to keep oneself, or be kept, awake. Also, to be still up and about (at night). Now rare except in waking…