Obs. rare1. [ad. late L. ēvigilātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēvigilāre: see EVIGILATE.] Awakening. In Dicts. explained as a waking or watching.
1720. S. Parker, Biblioth. Biblica, I. 157. The Evigilation of the Animal Powers, when Adam awoke.
1832. in Webster, etc.