: to support oneself on the feet in an erect position
: to be a specified height when fully erect
: to rise to an erect position
: a halt for defense or resistance
: an often defensive effort of some duration or degree of success
: a stop made to give a performance
: one assigned to protect or oversee another: such as
: a person or a body of persons on sentinel duty
: troops attached to the person of the sovereign
: to protect an edge of with an ornamental border
: to protect from danger especially by watchful attention : make secure
: to stand at the entrance of as if on guard or as a barrier
: to keep vigil as a devotional exercise
: to be awake during the night
: to be attentive or vigilant
: the act of keeping awake to guard, protect, or attend
: the state of being wakeful
: a wake over a dead body
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