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单词 excubant
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excubantadj.

/ˈɛkskjuːbənt/
Etymology: < Latin excubant-em, present participle of excubāre to lie on guard, < ex- out + cubāre to lie down.
rare (pedantic).
Keeping watch.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [adjective]
excubant1831
1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle xviii. 186 The enemy may be still excubant; and we had better not disperse till daylight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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