ALERTS

Noun

alerts

plural of alert

Verb

alerts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alert

Anagrams

• Salter, Slater, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, slater, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse

Source: Wiktionary

ALERT

A*lert", a. Etym: [F. alerte, earlier à l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L. erigere. See Erect.]

1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. An alert young fellow. Addison.

Syn.

– Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt.

A*lert", n. (Mil.)

Definition: An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. "We have had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition