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A. To wake up, awak, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8; 9, 36, 1; Quint. 9, 4, 12; Suet. Aug. 78; Stat. S. 5, 3, 128; Vulg. Gen. 28, 16.—
B. To be wakeful, vigilant.—Trop.: “in quo evigilaverunt curae et cogitationes meae, si? etc.,” Cic. Par. 2, 17; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 34.—
II. Act., to watch through, pass without sleeping: “nox evigilanda,” Tib. 1, 8, 64.—
B. Transf., to elaborate carefully, to compose, prepare (cf. elucubro).
2. Trop.: “consilia evigilata cogitationibus,” Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.—Pass. impers.: etsi nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum ferest, tamen, etc., we have nearly done with watching or caring for ourselves, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.