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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

vigilans

-antis

, p. pr. of

vigilare

to watch, fr.

vigil

awake: cf. F.

vigilant

. See

Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.

“Be sober, be vigilant.”

1 Pet. v. 8.

Sirs, take your places, and be

vigilant

Shakespeare

Adj.

[L. vigilans.] Watchful; circumspect; attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety.

Take your places and be vigilant. Be sober, be vigilant.

1Peter 5.