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vigilate

vigilate verb: to monitor, watch over, control.

Verb

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

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) to monitor, watch over, control

Forms of vigilate

third-person singular presentvigilates
present participlevigilating
past participlevigilated
pastvigilated

Origin of vigilate

Borrowed from Latin vigilo, vigilatus.

Questions about vigilate

What does vigilate mean?
Vigilate means to monitor, watch over, control.
What part of speech is vigilate?
Vigilate is a verb.
What is the past tense of vigilate?
The past tense of vigilate is vigilated.

Words near vigilate in the dictionary

  1. vigilantism
  2. vigilantisms
  3. vigilantist
  4. vigilantly
  5. vigilantness
  6. vigilate
  7. vigilated
  8. vigilates
  9. vigilating
  10. vigilation
  11. vigilations

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