Pernoctate (verb)
per-nok-tait
Pass the night (somewhere).
Early 17th century: from Latin pernoctat- ‘spent the night’, from the verb pernoctare, from per- ‘through’ + nox, noct- ‘night’.
Example sentences
“She was the first ever woman member to pernoctate at the college.”

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