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vigilate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vig-i-late
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to monitor, watch over, control

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *weǵlis Proto-Italic *weglis Latin vigil Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vigilo, vigilatusbor. English vigilate Borrowed from Latin vigilo, vigilatus.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vigilates (present, singular) vigilating (participle, present) vigilated (participle, past) vigilated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

invigilate

Questions

What does vigilate mean?
to monitor, watch over, control
Where does vigilate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *weǵlis Proto-Italic *weglis Latin vigil Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vigilo, vigilatusbor. English vigilate Borrowed from Latin vigilo, vigilatus.

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