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REVEILLE (Fr. reveillez, imperative of reveiller, to awaken, Lat. re- and vigilare, to watch)

REVEILLE (Fr. reveillez, imperative of reveiller, to awaken, See also:
LAT
Lat. re- and vigilare, to See also:
WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)
watch) , the See also:

SIGNAL

signal by See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call of See also:

BUGLE

bugle or See also:

BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat of See also:

DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum to announce to soldiers the See also:

time to awake and begin See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty .

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