- (v.i.) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake or the state of being awake or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.
- (v.i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
- (v.i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer or other religious exercises.
- (v.i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
- (v.i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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