(verb) : pervĭgĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To remain awake or watch all night; to remain awake during, to watch through any period: continuas has tris noctis pervigilavi pessume,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 158; id. Aul. 1, 1, 33: vigilare leve est, pervigilare grave,Mart. 6, 69, 9 and 10: noctem,Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98: in armis,Liv. 24, 38: ad luminis ignes,Verg. G. 1, 291: nox pervigilata in mero, watched through, i. e. spent without sleep, Ov. F. 6, 326: sollicitas trivio pervigilare moras,Prop. 1, 16, 40: Veneri,to keep a vigil all night in honor of Venus,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 25.
* Transf., to keep watch, to watch: et tecum longos pervigilare dies,Tib. 3, 6, 54; cf.: ipsi pervigilant, quasi rationem pro animabus vestris reddituri,Vulg. Heb. 13, 17.

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