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reveillen.Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French réveillez, réveiller. Etymology: Apparently < French réveillez, imperative plural of réveiller to awaken (c1155 in Old French as reveiller ) < re- re- prefix + éveiller to awake (see eveillé adj.); corresponding use as noun is not recorded in dictionaries of French. Compare later reveil n. and its French etymon.Forms ending in -é and -ée apparently show remodelling after French nouns with these endings; no similar use as noun of either réveillé , past participle of réveiller , or of réveillée , the corresponding feminine form, appears to be attested in French. N.E.D. (1908) records only the less naturalized pronunciation (rĭvēi·lye) /rɪˈveɪljeɪ/, which is also given by Smart (1857), Worcester (1860), and Webster (1864). Smart and some later dictionaries also record a disyllabic pronunciation /rɪˈveɪl/ or /rɪˈvɛl/; compare reveil n. In British English the main stress is on the second syllable; in U.S. English it is now usually on the first syllable, but has varied between the first, second, and third syllables historically. society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > specific signals α. 1633 H. Hexham 25 The reveille being beaten my Lord Vere, & my Lord of Oxford gave order, that the Companies should be drawne from the lyne to the quarters. 1700 J. Dryden 63 Sound a Reveille, Sound, Sound, The Warrior God is come. 1775 (1846) 4th Ser. IV. 224 The enemy.., this morning, after reveille beating, crossed the bridge. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in 1st Ser. IV. 101 The hoarse voice of men, and the wild sound of the trumpets blowing the reveillie. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell ix. 234 That night reveillé was whispered at 11.30. It was a curious time for reveillé, and utterly puzzled our cook; we had supped at seven, and it was not time for morning coffee. 1900 E. Jackson iv. 38 At this time [sc. the 18th cent.] the reveille, or uprising, was a favourite time for the reception of friends. 1948 T. Heggen xv. 185 The Captain ordered that any man caught in his bunk after reveille go on report. 1965 11 Feb. 9/7 From Reveille to Retreat a man is just a soldier to me. 1996 (Nexis) 10 Aug. (News section) 9 At Camp Child this past week, adult volunteers rose to reveille at 6 a.m. and did a bit of everything until flashlights-out at 10 p.m. 2001 D. F. Clark iv. 44 No sooner had one, it seemed, dropped off to sleep than wretched ‘Reveille’ (always pronounced ‘revalley’) would blast through the Tannoy at the end of the hut. β. 1644 Col. Hutchinson's Orders in T. C. Hine (1876) App. After the houre of nyne of the clock at night,..untill the Revelly hath beaten the next morninge.1696 R. Howlett (new ed.) 59 Revalley, is to let them know when it is time to rise in the Morning, and attend on their Duty.a1753 P. Drake (1755) I. xii. 87 Soon after hearing the Drums beat the Revallie, all began to rouse their Spirits.1778 R. B. Sheridan i. i He'll mow you down a regiment of beards in the beating a revally.1892 R. Kipling 67 At half-past five's Revelly, an' our tents they down must come.1899 N. Munro 78 It was sweet to hear the drums beat revally under the vines.1927 C. E. Montague 170 The Revelly to-morrow: every man was to sleep his sleep out.2007 B. Doyle vi. 56 ‘Revelly! Revelly!’ he shouted me awake. Imitating a bugle. ‘Revelly! Up, Martin! Up, my lad!’γ. 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. xv. 86 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier The Drummer in the morning beat the Reveillez sooner than he was wont to do, and lowder.1785 C. Dibdin 21 Enraptur'd ev'ry op'ning morn, When the drum beats reveillez.1840 J. B. Fraser I. viii. 231 This is followed by the lively beat of the ‘reveillez’ from the Sepoys' quarter.1869 J. Grant xxi. 282 No European..who heard the reveillez welcome the rising sun, could be assured that he, and those he loved better than himself, might see it set beyond the horizon.1899 Nov. 87 May I say that it is one of the morning, and the pipes play the reveillez at four?1648 Earl of Westmorland 36 (poem title) Good Fridays Reveille, or on the Passion. 1651 W. Davenant iii. v. 1 So soon Love beats Revellies in her Breast. 1659 W. Chamberlayne iv. iii. 440 His pulses beat the blood's reveille. 1757 ‘L. Lively’ II. 284 They all sally'd out in a body with their guitarres, to serenade their mistresses, and sound a reveille to some, that had rather devoted their eyes to Morpheus. 1779 H. B. Dudley i. 17 You've beat Love's revelly on the drum of my ear, till my passions are all under arms! 1818 W. Kirby & W. Spence II. xxiv. 384 They sometimes beat such a reveille, that only good sleepers can rest for them. 1862 C. Rossetti (1884) 25 ‘Up,..Up,’ called the watchman lark In his clear réveillée. 1933 H. Allen xxi. 269 He, dressed as a shepherd, warbled a melodious reveille to his love still asleep. 1976 17 Mar. 15/1 The sleeping energies of the nation could be awakened by a reveille of social reform. 2007 R. Coleman viii. 119 Eleven fans were arrested that weekend, mostly for dancing uncontrollably to the rousing reveille of rock 'n' roll. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1633 |