veiller.
to stay up, sit up
Meaning & usage
to stay up, sit up
to keep guard, keep watch
to look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que)
to watch over (someone) ( + sur)
to keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for
to go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars…
to put in standby mode
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French veiller, veigler, from Old French veillier, veiller, from Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contracted from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigiler.
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