单词 | invigilate |
释义 | invigilatev. 1. intransitive. To keep watch; to watch carefully. Now spec. To watch over students at examination. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch [verb (intransitive)] wait1338 to do, make waitc1440 to lay watch?a1475 invigilate1553 advigilate1623 society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > supervise examination invigilate1881 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 87 I obtestate your clemencie, to inuigilate thus muche for me. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. N3 Princes ought to invigilate to the maintenance and conservation of Religion. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. x. 117 That invisible Power that invigilates over all things. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Invigilate, to watch diligently. 1881 F. Madan in Letter I have myself invigilated within the last year. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [verb (transitive)] > arouse to vigilance invigilate1628 alarm1650 alert1860 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xx. sig. M If wee saw Diuinitie acted, the gesture and varietie would as much invigilate. But it is too high to bee personated by Humanitie. ?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xxix Whatsoever invigilates [printed invigitates] the eye, leaves a stronger impression in the Soule, then that wch onely pierceth the Eare. Derivatives inˈvigilating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [adjective] > supervising examination invigilating1882 society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examining > supervising examination proctoring1676 invigilation1881 invigilating1882 1882 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. XII. 239 The architect may see his way to fixing some of the Vicechancellor's and Proctors' seats at present in the Old Schools to serve as further invigilating stations in these three rooms. 1894 A. D. Godley Aspects Mod. Oxf. 72 A caricature of the ‘invigilating’ examiner. inˈvigilator n. one who watches over students at examination. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examiner > invigilator proctor1814 invigilator1892 1892 Oxf. Mag. 23 Mar. 273/1 In the Schools..Where's my table? alphabet all out of order here, apparently. Must ask invigilator. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < |
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