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watchfulness|ˈwɒtʃfʊlnɪs|
[f. watchful a. + -ness.]
1. Wakefulness, inability to sleep. Obs. exc. Path.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. vi. 34 Thus she all night wore out in watchfulnesse, Ne suffred slouthfull sleepe her eye-lids to oppresse. 1615Markham Eng. Housw. ii. i. 10 If any of the family be troubled with too much watchfulnesse, so that they cannot by any meanes take rest. 1655Culpepper etc. Riverius i. xi. 40 If after bleeding there comes watchfulness, the Humors will be again inflamed. 1758Phil. Trans. L. 683 Pains..attended with vomiting, anxiety, and great watchfulness. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xi. 121 Early and decided determination to the brain, producing delirium, watchfulness, coma. 1876W. Roberts Urin. & Renal Dis. iii. x. (ed. 3) 537 The tumour..spread in all directions, causing great pain and watchfulness.
2. The quality or state of being watchful or attentively observant; vigilance.
1611B. Jonson Catiline iv. vii. Chorus M i, And call their diligence, deceipt;..Their watchfulnesse, but lying in waite. 1644Digby Nat. Soul iv. §6. 390 The watchfulnesse and recalling of our thoughts backe to their enioyned worke, when they breake loose and runne astray. 1756Phil. Trans. L. 22 By care and watchfulness the violence of the symptoms were kept under. 1815Scott Guy M. xviii, He..has, at different times, made eulogiums upon the watchfulness and ferocity of his dogs. 1821Lamb Elia, Imperf. Sympathies, A Quaker..knows that his syllables are weighed—and how far a consciousness of this particular watchfulness..has a tendency to produce indirect answers,..might be illustrated [etc.]. 1847James Convict ix, With a quiet, cat-like watchfulness, Filmer remarked everything which passed between Eda Brandon and Charles Dudley. 1879in Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 285/1 This plan, however, requires constant care and watchfulness, which it is difficult at all times to ensure.
b. const. of, over; also with inf. of purpose.
1624Donne Devot. Med. xiv. (ed. 2) 319 How busie, and perplexed a Cobwebb, is the Happinesse of Man here, that must bee made vp with a Watchfulnesse, to lay hold vpon Occasion. 1725Watts Logic ii. iii. §3 (1726) 203 The Cure of these Prejudices is attain'd by a constant Jealousy of ourselves, and Watchfulness over our Passions. 1853Dickens Bleak Ho. xiv, His watchfulness of my guardian was incessant. He rarely removed his eyes from his face. 1860Ruskin Unto this Last i. §9 In protective watchfulness of his master's interest and credit, or in joyful readiness to seize unexpected..occasions of help. 1868A. Duff True Nobility 73 As the causes of it [irresolution] came to be detected, there was inward watchfulness over their operation. |