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Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

Argus :: Argus (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..

Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.

Invigilance :: Invigilance (n.) Alt. of Invigilanc.

Secureness :: Secureness (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.

Watchful :: Watchful (a.) Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits..

Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab..

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..

Nightly :: Nightly (a.) Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils..

Alarmed :: Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty..

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

Invigilancy :: Invigilancy (n.) Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.

Alert :: Alert (a.) Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast..

Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

Cerberus :: Cerberus (n.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly..

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

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