单词 | evigilation |
释义 | evigilationn. The action of waking a person or thing; the action of awaking, or of remaining awake or watchful, esp. in order to monitor or study something. Also: an instance of this.In quot. 1844 used as part of a stylistic parody. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific being or becoming awake awaking1297 waking1377 experrection1603 evigilation1659 awakedness1922 1659 J. Rogers Διαπολιτεία 89 The Arcana Evangelii, fidei, & Christi mei..have suggested these lines in very faithfulness to you, amongst other Lucubrations and Evigilations of this season. 1665 G. Havers & J. Davies tr. Another Coll. Philos. Conf. French Virtuosi 3 We observe the same to be more pale during sleep, (as having less of the said heat) than during Evigilation [Fr. les veilles]. 1720 Bibliotheca Biblica I. 157 The Evigilation of the Animal Powers, when Adam awoke. 1844 S. K. Hoshour Lett. to Esq. Pedant viii. 23 He coerced me to moil during the diurnal period, like a moyle, and harassed me with antelucan evigilations. 1983 Educ. Horizons Summer 194/2 The diminished evigilation of behavior of the young in households and neighborhoods that are uninhabited during parts of the day. 2001 W. G. Tonetto Exiled in Lang. iii. 235 Hence evigilation or awakening of ethical concern is then..tantamount to re-locating home or domicile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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