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vigil | alert |

As a noun vigil

is a watch kept during normal sleeping hours, especially over the body of a recently deceased or dying person.

As a proper noun alert is

the northernmost inhabited place in nunavut, canada.

vigil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A watch kept during normal sleeping hours, especially over the body of a recently deceased or dying person.
  • A period of observation or surveillance.
  • The eve of some religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

    • Synonyms

    * lookout, look-out, qui vive, watch

    Related terms

    * vigilance * vigilant

    alert

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attentive; awake; on guard.
  • (obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
  • * Addison
    • an alert young fellow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm.
  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give warning to.

    • Anagrams

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