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Reveille

Re-veil′le

,
Noun.
[F.
réveil
, fr.
réveiller
to awake; pref.
re-
re- + pref.
es-
(L.
ex
) +
veiller
to awake, watch, L.
vigilare
to watch. The English form was prob. taken by mistake from the French imper.
réveillez
,
2d
pers. pl. See
Vigil
.]
(Mil.)
The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.
“Sound a reveille.”
Dryden.
For at dawning to assail ye
Here no bugles sound
reveille
.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024

réveillé

réveillé

See also: reveille and réveille

French

Verb

réveillé m ‎(feminine singular réveillée, masculine plural réveillés, feminine plural réveillées)

  1. past participle of réveiller

Adjective

réveillé m ‎(feminine singular réveillée, masculine plural réveillés, feminine plural réveillées)

  1. awake (not asleep, by extension, alert)

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