vigil
/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/ verb C2- To participate in a vigil.
He/she/it vigils · Past vigiled · Past participle vigiled · -ing form vigiling
Verb forms
- Base form
- vigil
- He/she/it
- vigils
- Past
- vigiled
- Past participle
- vigiled
- -ing form
- vigiling
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The village sergeant, a tall, formal, melancholy man, still held his vigil in the room of Fate.
We all had good reason to join in the aspiration; for our vigil was a long and bitter one.
How shall I ever forget that dreadful vigil?
But she went away kindly, leaving Anne alone to keep her first vigil with sorrow.
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