watch vb. (1 the commonest sense)
1.
to be or lie
awake, have no sleep, sit up at night LLL. III. i. 210 [202] “to sigh for her! to for her!,”
Shr. IV. i. 208, Lr. II. ii. 162,
Lucr. 1575
“they that see time how slow
it creeps”
; to remain awake for a specified purpose
John IV. i. 30, Mac. V. i. 1.
2.
to keep (a hawk)
awake in order to tame her (also fig.) Shr. IV. i. 198, Troil. III. ii. 43,
Oth. III. iii. 23
“I'll watch him
tame.”
3.
to wait or look out
for
2H6 II. iv. 7
“To the coming of my
punish'd duchess”
; also intr. with “for”
Mer.V. II. vi. 24.
