vigil
vigil · vigils · vigiled / vigilled · vigiling
To participate in a vigilTo participate in a vigil.
/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/
» We must maintain a constant vigil.
Мы должны постоянно оставаться на страже. — Wezel
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1 sensesTo participate in a vigil.
Examples
5 sentencesWe must maintain a constant vigil.
ruМы должны постоянно оставаться на страже. — Wezel
They are not able to keep vigil.
She is not able to keep vigil.
She kept an all-night vigil over her sick child.
On Saturday, the pope will hold an Easter Vigil inside Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Origin
From Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vFrom Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, lively, awake”). Doublet of Wigilia. See also wake and vigor, from the same root.
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Forms
vigils, vigiling, vigiled, vigiledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle