I.to remain awake or watch all night; to remain awake during, to watch through any period: “continuas has tris noctis pervigilavi pessume,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 158; id. Aul. 1, 1, 33: “vigilare leve est, pervigilare grave,” Mart. 6, 69, 9 and 10: “noctem,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98: “in armis,” Liv. 24, 38: “ad luminis ignes,” Verg. G. 1, 291: nox pervigilata in mero, watched through, i. e. spent without sleep, Ov. F. 6, 326: “sollicitas trivio pervigilare moras,” Prop. 1, 16, 40: “Veneri,” to keep a vigil all night in honor of Venus, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 25.—
II. Transf., to keep watch, to watch: “et tecum longos pervigilare dies,” Tib. 3, 6, 54; cf.: “ipsi pervigilant, quasi rationem pro animabus vestris reddituri,” Vulg. Heb. 13, 17.