Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WATCH'FUL
WATCH'FUL, a.
Vigilant; attentive; careful to observe; observant; cautious. It has of before the thing to be regulated; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; told against, before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits. – Locke. Law.
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