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

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

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

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..

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.

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

Awake :: Awake (a.) Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

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

Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

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..

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

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

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

Vigily :: Vigily (n.) A vigil.

Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..

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

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast..

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch..

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

Evigilation :: Evigilation (n.) A waking up or awakening.

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