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vigilant


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vigilant  \Vig"i*lant\,  a.  [L.  vigilans,  -antis,  p.  pr  of 
  vigilare  to  watch,  fr  vigil  awake:  cf  F.  vigilant.  See 
  {Vigil}.] 
  Attentive  to  discover  and  avoid  danger,  or  to  provide  for 
  safety;  wakeful;  watchful;  circumspect;  wary.  ``Be  sober,  be 
  vigilant.''  --1  Pet.  v.  8. 
 
  Sirs,  take  your  places,  and  be  vigilant.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vigilant 
  adj  :  carefully  observant  or  attentive;  on  the  lookout  for 
  possible  danger;  "a  policy  of  open-eyed  awareness"; 
  "the  vigilant  eye  of  the  town  watch";  "there  was  a 
  watchful  dignity  in  the  room";  "a  watchful  parent  with 
  a  toddler  in  tow"  [syn:  {argus-eyed},  {open-eyed},  {wakeful}, 
  {watchful}] 




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