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invigilate, v.|ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. invigilāre to watch over, f. in- (in-2) + vigilāre to watch. Cf. It. invigilare ‘watchfullie to studie or take paines’ (Florio, 1598).]
1. intr. To keep watch; to watch carefully. Now spec. To watch over students at examination.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1567) 83 b, I obtestate your clemencie, to inuigilate thus muche for me. 1651tr. Life Father Sarpi (1676) 86 Princes ought to invigilate to the maintenance and conservation of Religion. 1668H. More Div. Dial. ii. x. (1713) 117 That invisible Power that invigilates over all things. 1721Bailey, Invigilate, to watch diligently. 1881F. Madan in Letter, I have myself invigilated within the last year.
†2. trans. To arouse; to make watchful (in quot. 1627 absol.). Obs. rare. [Cf. It. invigilare, to make vigilant (Florio, 1611).]
1627Feltham Resolves ii. [i.] xx. (1628) 65 If wee saw Diuinitie acted, the gesture and varietie would as much invigilate. But it is too high to bee personated by Humanitie. 16..Stafford Just Apol. in Fem. Glory (1869) p. lxxxvii, Whatsoever invigilates the eye, leaves a stronger impression in the Soule, then that wch onely pierceth the Eare.
Hence inˈvigilating vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also inˈvigilator, one who watches over students at examination.
1882Oxf. Univ. Gaz. XII. 239 The architect may see his way to fixing some of the Vicechancellor's and Proctors' seats at present in the Old Schools to serve as further invigilating stations in these three rooms. 1892Oxf. Mag. 23 Mar. 273/1 In the Schools..Where's my table? alphabet all out of order here, apparently. Must ask invigilator. 1894[A. D. Godley] Aspects Mod. Oxf. 72 A caricature of the ‘invigilating’ examiner. |