bewake

From Middle English bewaken (“to watch”), from Old English bewacian (“to watch, keep watch over”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), *wakjaną (“to wake, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be awake, be fresh or cheerful”), equivalent to be- +‎ wake. Cognate with Dutch bewaken (“to watch over, guard”), German bewachen (“to guard”), Swedish bevaka (“to watch, guard, monitor”). More at be-, wake.

bewake (third-person singular simple present bewakes, present participle bewaking, simple past and past participle bewaked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
2. (transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
3. (transitive) To spend waking; watch through.
4. (intransitive) To keep awake; watch.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.

• bewatch

bewake

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bewaken