单词 | vigilate |
释义 | † vigilatev. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To be wakeful or sleepless. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > be wakeful or sleepless (not) to sleep a or one wink1303 to close an eye1580 vigilate1774 not to bat an eye, eyelid1889 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 184 If the same quantity be given to a person..who is heated with exercise, instead of producing sleep it will cause him to vigilate. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > of opening or closing or activity or inactivity sleeping1757 vigilating1759 long-day1850 horologic1882 short-day1920 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 517 The flowers are in their expanded or vigilating state from five or six in the morning till about ten. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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