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Webster 1913 Edition
Observe
Ob-serve′
(ŏb-zẽrv′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Observed
(ŏb-zẽrvd′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Observing
.] 1.
To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one’s action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with;
as, to
observe
rules or commands; to observe
civility.Ye shall
observe
the feast of unleavened bread. Ex. xii. 17.
He wolde no such cursedness
observe
. Chaucer.
Must I budge? Must I
observe
you? Shakespeare
With solemn purpose to
observe
Immutably his sovereign
will. Milton.
3.
To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.
Ob-serve′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.
I have barely quoted . . . without
observing
upon it. Pope.
Syn. – To remark. See
Remark
. Webster 1828 Edition
Observe
OBSERVE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To see or behold with some attention; to notice; as, to observe a halo round the moon; I observed a singular phenomenon; we observe strangers or their dress. I saw the figure, but observed nothing peculiar in it.2.
To take notice or cognizance of by the intellect. We observe nice distinctions in arguments, or a peculiar delicacy of thought.3.
To utter or express, as a remark, opinion or sentiment; to remark. He observed that no man appears great to his domestics.4.
To keep religiously; to celebrate.A night to be much observed to the Lord. Ex. 12.
Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Ex. 12.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. Gal. 4.
5.
To keep or adhere to in practice; to comply with; to obey; as, to observe the laws of the state; to observe the rules and regulations of a society.Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. Matt. 28.
6.
To practice.In the days of Enoch, the people observed not circumcision or the sabbath.
OBSERVE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To remark. I have heard the gentleman's arguments, and shall hereafter observe upon them.2.
To be attentive.