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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 Ă 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
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