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Feeble, energy dropping? Become animate (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wake

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'dropping? become animate' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'feeble energy' is the wordplay.
'feeble' becomes 'wa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'energy' becomes 'ke' (K.E. is an example).
'wa'+'ke'='WAKE'

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(Other definitions for wake that I've seen before include "pre-funeral event" , "Open one's eyes - funeral party" , "Track left by ship" , "Deathwatch" , "Traditional watch over corpse before burial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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