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Definition of Surveil
1. Verb. Keep under surveillance. "They want to surveil the prisoners "; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
Definition of Surveil
1. Verb. (transitive nonstandard) To keep someone or something under surveillance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surveil
1. to watch closely [v -VEILLED, -VEILLING, -VEILS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surveil
Literary usage of Surveil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Handy Pocket Dictionary of the English Language by Thomas Joseph Carey (1892)
"surveil'lance, n. inspection; oversight; watch. Survey^ ra (ed. ing), to inspect;
to measure and estimate, [tion; prospect. Swear, rn (inar), to utter an ..."
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