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(rev′ə lē; Brit & Cdn ri val′ē, -vel′-)

noun

a signal on a bugle, drum, etc. at some fixed time early in the morning to waken soldiers or sailors or call them to first assembly
the first assembly of the day

Origin: < Fr réveillez(-vous), imper. of (se) réveiller, to wake up < ré- (< L re-) + veiller (< L vigilare, to watch: see vigilant)

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noun

a. The sounding of a bugle early in the morning to awaken and summon people in a camp or garrison.
b. This bugle call or its equivalent.
c. The first military formation of the day.
A signal to get up out of bed.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of French réveillez

Origin: , second person pl. imperative of réveiller, to wake

Origin: , from Old French resveiller

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + esveiller, to awake (from Vulgar Latin *exvigilāre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin vigilāre, to awake from vigil, awake; see weg- in Indo-European roots)