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sentinel
 
SYLLABICATION:sen·ti·nel
PRONUNCIATION:  snt-nl
NOUN: One that keeps guard; a sentry.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: sen·ti·neled or sen·ti·nelled, sen·ti·nel·ing or sen·ti·nel·ling, sen·ti·nels or sen·ti·nels
1. To watch over as a guard. 2. To provide with a guard. 3. To post as a guard.
ETYMOLOGY:French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, probably from Old Italian sentina, vigilance, from sentire, to watch, from Latin sentre, to feel. See sent- in Appendix I.
 
 
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