keep vigil
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]keep vigil (third-person singular simple present keeps vigil, present participle keeping vigil, simple past and past participle kept vigil)
- to stay in a place and quietly wait, pray, etc., for a period of time
- She kept vigil at the bedside of her ailing son.
- to observe the deceased overnight
- Rafael died this morning, and this afternoon we are going to keep vigil over him.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to observe the deceased): have a wake
Translations
[edit]to observe the deceased overnight
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References
[edit]- “keep vigil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.