invigilare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invigilāre (“to stay awake; to watch over”). Doublet of invegliare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.vi.d͡ʒiˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧vi‧gi‧là‧re
Verb
invigilàre (first-person singular present invìgilo, first-person singular past historic invigilài, past participle invigilàto, auxiliary avére) (uncommon)
- (intransitive) to watch over, to be vigilant [+ a (object)] or [+ su (object)]
- 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “Capitolo XV [Chapter 15]”, in I promessi sposi, Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, page 295:
- a ogni forno furono deputati nobili, che vi si portassero di buon mattino, a invigilare sulla distribuzione e a tenere a freno gl’inquieti, con l’autorità della presenza, e con le buone parole.
- At every baker's some of the nobility were stationed, to watch over the distribution, and to restrain the discontented by fair words and the authority of their presence.
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- (transitive, rare) to watch over
Related terms
- invegliare
- vigilare
Further reading
- invigilare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- virgiliane
Latin
Verb
invigilāre
- inflection of invigilō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative