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語源

From 中期英語 forwaken, forwakien, equivalent to for- +‎ wake.

動詞

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
   • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:

     He was forwept, he was forwaked.

   • 2020, original 1594, William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors:

     And every one to rest himself betakes,
     Save thieves, and cares, and troubled minds that forwakes.