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noun
- a signal, as of a drum or bugle, sounded early in the morning to awaken military personnel and to alert them for assembly.
- a signal to arise.
noun
- a signal, given by a bugle, drum, etc, to awaken soldiers or sailors in the morning
- the hour at which this takes place
1640s, from French réveillez-vous “awaken!” imperative plural of réveiller “to awaken, to wake up,” from Middle French re- “again” (see re-) + eveiller “to rouse,” from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare, from Latin ex- “out” + vigilare “be awake, keep watch” (see vigil).