watch

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find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
see or watch
follow with the eyes or the mind
To give heed to
observe with attention
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
To tend
a small portable timepiece
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship´s crew are on duty
the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
look attentively
observe or determine by looking
The act of watching
One who watches, or those who watch
The post or office of a watchman
The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring
An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch
That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch
To be awake
To be attentive or vigilant
To be expectant
To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place
Residential area (city, town, village) in Mozambique in Inhambane

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