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“reveilles”
1. A military signal on a drum or a bugle at sunrise: The reveille is used to alert army members to wake up and get ready for their martial activities.
2. Etymology: From French reveillez, "wake up"; from Middle French reveiller, "to awake, to rouse", from re- and eveiller, from Old French esveillier, from Vulgar Latin exvigilare, from ex-, "upward" and Latin vigilare, "to watch".
2. Etymology: From French reveillez, "wake up"; from Middle French reveiller, "to awake, to rouse", from re- and eveiller, from Old French esveillier, from Vulgar Latin exvigilare, from ex-, "upward" and Latin vigilare, "to watch".
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