Meaning

2 senses

  1. To wait and watch, especially overnight.

  2. To observe the deceased overnight.

    Rafael died this morning, and this afternoon we are going to keep vigil over him.

    eine Totenwache halten

Examples

2 sentences

  1. They are not able to keep vigil.

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  2. She is not able to keep vigil.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
to observe the deceased overnight:

Forms

keeps vigil, keeping vigil, kept vigil, kept vigil
Base formkeep vigil · to keep vigil
3rd person singularkeeps vigil
Present participlekeeping vigil
Past simplekept vigil
Past participlekept vigil

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep vigil
he, she, itkeeps vigil

Past simpleLesson

all personskept vigil

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept vigil
he, she, ithas kept vigil

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep vigil

Synonyms

1 synonyms
have a wake

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
keenB2keenlykeepA1keeperB2keepsakekefirkeg
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