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1 a: a watch formerly kept on the night before a religious feast with prayer or other devotions b: the day before a religious feast observed as a day of spiritual preparation c: evening or nocturnal devotions or prayers —usually used in plural2: the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary; also : a period of wakefulness3: an act or period of watching or surveillance : watch <kept vigil at her bedside> |
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| 1 a: to walk unsteadily : stumble b: to give way : totter <could feel my legs faltering> c: to move waveringly or hesitatingly2: to speak brokenly or weakly : stammer <her voice faltered>3 a: to hesitate in purpose or action : waver <he never faltered in his determination> b: to lose drive or effectiveness <the business was faltering> |
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| 1 : disposed to insist : persistent 2 : compelling attention <the insistent pounding of the waves> |
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