vigilate

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verb

to monitor, watch over, control

OriginLatin vigilo, vigilatus ← Proto-Italic *weglis ← Proto-Indo-European *weǵlis →
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Meanings

verbvigilate (third-person singular simple present vigilates, present participle vigilating, simple past and past participle vigilated)

present singular third person vigilates · participle present vigilating · participle past vigilated · past vigilated

  1. nonstandardobsoleteto monitor, watch over, control

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weǵlis
  3. Proto-Italic*weglis
  4. Latinvigil
  5. Latinvigilo, vigilatus
  6. Englishvigilate

Borrowed from Latin vigilo, vigilatus.

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APA

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MLA

“vigilate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vigilate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vigilate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vigilate.

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