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)

1. (intransitive) to watch over, to be vigilant [with a or su]
   • 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “Capitolo XV [Chapter 15]”, in I promessi sposi‎^[1], 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.

2. (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

1. inflection of invigilō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative